Ternstroemia lineata
DC.
Tila
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit - tea
The fruit are dried and used to make tea drinks.
Where to Find It
It is an understory tree.
Mexico, North America,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A small understory tree in the Pentaphylacaceae family.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Ternstroemia lineata is a plant species native to high elevations in central Mexico. Many publications call this T. pringlei, but more recent publications confirm that the correct name is T. lineata.
Notes
They have also been Ternstroemiaceae.
References (1)
- Marshall, E. and Newton, A. C., 2003, Non-Timber Forest Products in the Community of El Terrero, Sierra de Manantlan Biosphere Reserve, Mexico: Is Their Use Sustainable? Economic Botany 57(2):262-278
