Clusia rosea, the autograph tree, copey, cupey,[4] balsam apple, pitch-apple, and Scotch attorney,[5] is an evergreen, tropical and sub-tropical flowering plant species in the family Clusiaceae.
[6] Clusia rosea is a tree native to the Caribbean, including the Bahamas, Hispaniola (such as in Los Haitises National Park), Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Florida.
[7][8] It is a hemiepiphyte; that is, it grows as an epiphyte on rocks or other trees at the start of its life and behaving like a strangler fig as it gets larger.
Like a strangler fig, it successfully competes for light by outgrowing, overtopping and "strangling" its host tree with its many aerial roots.
[12] Clusia rosea has become a great threat to Sri Lanka, Hawaii, and many other tropical countries as an invasive plant.