Cleyera integrifolia
(Benth.) Choisy
PentaphylacaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in pine forest and cloud forest.
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 large shrub or small tree in the Pentaphylacaceae family that grows to 15 m tall in tropical pine forests and cloud forests.
Names & Synonyms
Aceituna, Balero, Capulincillo, Capulin de virgen, Cueng, Garambullo, Limoncillo, Palo prieto, Palo verde, Tchcari-charapiti, Tilia roja
Cleyera mexicana (Turcz.) Planch. ex Hemsl.Cleyera siphilitica ChoisyEurya benthamiana (Benth.) BullockFreziera integrifolia Benth.and others
References (3)
- Farfan B., et al, 2007, Mazahua Ethnobotany and Subsistence in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. Economic Botany 61(2) pp 173-191
- Gonzalez-Espinosa, M. et al, 2011, The Red List of Mexican Cloud Forest Trees. Flora and Fauna International, Cambridge. p 112
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 184
