Chrysobalanus icaco L.

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Chrysobalanus icaco	Au: L.
Chrysobalanaeeae
Coco Plum
Low vertically sprawling shrub with fruits which are purple when
mature. Specimens with shite flowers that have 5 corolla parts and |
8 stamens.
Between Old Bight and the Deep South Turn Around, along the main
road, in a patchily vegetated scrubby fresh water area dominated by
Lysiloma and Sabal.
24°09’ 56” N	Longitude 75°24’ 52" W
Fruits arc edible, but they are fairly puckery/ astringent—1 say Yuck : {
Laurel R. Richey
99-689 Duplicates 5 Date May 31,2000
Plants Dried Using a Kerosene Heater
Vouchers for Laurel Richey's PhD Dissertation
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