WorldFloraDB - Casasia clusiifolia

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. Male and female flowers are on separate plants. When fully ripe the fruit is soft, wrinkled and prune like. The pulp is black and jelly like. It has a licorice flavour.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

3.5 - 10.0

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows on sand dunes near the coast. It can tolerate salt.

More

Coastal sand dunes and hammocks near the coast in Florida.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Edible when overripe. It is eaten by making a hole in one end of the fruit and sucking the pulp out.

Uses	material medicinal wood
Edible	fruits
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.

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