Ziziphus celata
Judd & D. W. Hall
Florida jujube
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Known Hazards
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
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 subtropical shrub of the Rhamnaceae family with small yellow fruit, endemic to Florida and now endangered.
Notes
It is an endangered plant.
Names & Synonyms
A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-2 m tall. It has single thorns in the axils of leaves. The leaves are alternate and fall off during the year. The fruit are yellow to orange and round or oval and 1 cm across.
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 941
