Clethra occidentalis

(L.) Kuntze

Soap-wood

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

A tropical plant.

America, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Jamaica, South America, West Indies,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, St Vincent, Venezuela

The fruit is a round green berry. The pulp is sweet, white and mealy. It has a brown hard stone.

Names & Synonyms

Asajarillo, Sweet pepper, Wild pear

Clethra angustifolia DC.Clethra tinifolia Sw.and others

References (2)

Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 204 (As Clethra tinifolia)
Martin, F. W., et al, 1987, Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics. USDA Handbook 642 p 93 (As Clethra tinifolia)