Coccoloba plumieri

Griseb.

Mountain grape

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The ripe fruit are eaten fresh.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Caribbean, Jamaica, West Indies,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent

How to Identify

A tropical tree in the Polygonaceae family with black fruit when ripe. Mountain grape is found in tropical regions.

References (2)
  • Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 249 (Confounded with Coccoloba polystachya var. jamaicensis)
  • Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 51

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