Licania michauxii
Prance
Gopher apple, Ground oak
ChrysobalanaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten, though it is fairly tasteless and unattractive.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It suits dry sunny sites.
North America, USA,
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 low, temperate ground cover in the Chrysobalanaceae family that spreads by stolons and thrives in dry, sunny sites.
How to Grow
It can be grown from stolons or seeds.
Other Information
The fruit is fairly tasteless and unattractive.
Names & Synonyms
Chrysobalanus incanus Raf. [Illegitimate]Chrysobalanus oblongifolius Michx.Chrysobalanus pallidus (Small) L. B. Sm.Chrysobalanus prunifolius Raf.Chrysobalanus retusus Raf.Geobalanus oblongifolius (Michx.) SmallGeobalanus pallidus Small
References (1)
- 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 487
