Chrysobalanus is a genus of evergreen perennial shrubs to small trees, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[2][3] It is native to sub-tropical and tropical regions of Africa, Latin America, and Florida.[1][4][5][6]
Chrysobalanus attains a maximum height of 25 or 30 feet (8–10 m). It is found in coastal areas as a wild plant, and is frequently planted in gardens. It has a low-growing and sprawling habit. It can form dense stands and become invasive. The leaves are obovate or obcordate in outline, about 2in long, thick, glossy, and deep green in color. It has small white flowers, in axillary racemes or cymes, not too showy, but they have a dainty and sweet fragrance. This plant bears a damson-sized edible red pulpy fruit with a black and thin skin, resembles a large plum in appearance, being oval 1.5in long. The sweet fruits with white flesh, which is cottony and of insipid taste, adheres closely to the large oblong seed turn from creamy tones to dark-blue pleasing tasty peaches which can be made into a sweet preserved jam, made by the earliest arrivals to the low-lying Florida peninsula. The fruit is extensively used in the tropics.[7]
chrysobalanus, genus, evergreen, perennial, shrubs, small, trees, described, genus, linnaeus, 1753, native, tropical, tropical, regions, africa, latin, america, florida, icacoscientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade. Chrysobalanus is a genus of evergreen perennial shrubs to small trees described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753 2 3 It is native to sub tropical and tropical regions of Africa Latin America and Florida 1 4 5 6 ChrysobalanusChrysobalanus icacoScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade RosidsOrder MalpighialesFamily ChrysobalanaceaeGenus ChrysobalanusL Synonyms 1 Icaco Adans Chrysobalanus attains a maximum height of 25 or 30 feet 8 10 m It is found in coastal areas as a wild plant and is frequently planted in gardens It has a low growing and sprawling habit It can form dense stands and become invasive The leaves are obovate or obcordate in outline about 2in long thick glossy and deep green in color It has small white flowers in axillary racemes or cymes not too showy but they have a dainty and sweet fragrance This plant bears a damson sized edible red pulpy fruit with a black and thin skin resembles a large plum in appearance being oval 1 5in long The sweet fruits with white flesh which is cottony and of insipid taste adheres closely to the large oblong seed turn from creamy tones to dark blue pleasing tasty peaches which can be made into a sweet preserved jam made by the earliest arrivals to the low lying Florida peninsula The fruit is extensively used in the tropics 7 Species EditSpecies from Kew Monocot Checklist 1 Chrysobalanus cuspidatus Griseb ex Duss Lesser Antilles Chrysobalanus icaco L coco plum tropical Africa Mexico Central America West Indies northern South America Florida Chrysobalanus venezuelanus G T Prance SE Venezuela N BrazilReferences Edit a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Linnaeus Carl von 1753 Species Plantarum 1 513 Tropicos Chrysobalanus L Botanica Sistematica Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants Ellison Don 1999 Cultivated Plants of the World London New Holland 1st ed Brisbane Flora Publications International 1995 ISBN 1 85974 256 4 This Malpighiales article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chrysobalanus amp oldid 1041133489, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
