Searsia hirta
(L.) Sudw.
AnacardiaceaeFruit
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Where to Find It
It is a temperate 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 temperate tree of the Anacardiaceae family with edible fruit.
Notes
There are about 200 Rhus species.
Names & Synonyms
See Rhus typhina L.Rhus hirta
References (3)
- Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., and James A. Duke. "The Foodplant Database." http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb.(ACEDB version 4.0 - data version July 1994) (As Rhus hirta)
- Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19:81. 1892, nom. rej. (As Rhus hirta)
- Grandtner, M. M., 2008, World Dictionary of Trees. Wood and Forest Science Department. Laval University, Quebec, Qc Canada. (Internet database http://www.wdt.qc.ca) (As Rhus hirta)
