Horseflesh Mahogany

Lysiloma sabicu

Found in pine rocklands, disturbed uplands. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 1 Florida county.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

12CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Lysiloma

Anabasis ochrodesmaCassia Webworm Moth
Aphrissa neleisPink-Spot Sulphur
Leptotes cassiusCassius Blue, Tropical Striped Blue
Melipotis januarisJanuary Melipotis, January Graphic
Ministrymon aziaGray Ministreak, Azia Hairstreak, Light-Banded Hairstreak
Phoebis agaritheLarge Orange Sulphur, Orange Giant Sulphur
Psamatodes abydataDot-Lined Angle
Pyrisitia niseMimosa Yellow, Blacktip Sulphur, Jamaican Sulphur
Ymeldia janaeJane's Ymeldia Moth
Coleotechnites citriella

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Cydia largo
Melipotis famelica

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Fabaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rank	SNA
Global rank	Not available
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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