Morinda royoc
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Cheese shrub
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten fresh.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in sandy and rocky coastal areas.
Belize, Caribbean, Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, USA, Venezuela, West Indies,
How to Identify
A sprawling shrub or vine. It can grow 1-3 m long. The flowers are white. The fruit are succulent and yellow.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Morinda royoc, commonly known as redgal, yawweed or cheese shrub, is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family. It is native to Central America, South America, southern Florida, and the Islands of the Caribbean. It is a vine or sprawling shrub found in sandy or rocky coastal areas. It produces small white flowers throughout the year.
Production
Plants flower throughout the year.
Names & Synonyms
Dub inagolosa, Estologee, Garanon, Pini-pini, Redgal, Xoyen ak', Yawweed
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 547
