Byrsonima crassifolia, Byrsonima spicata.

Byrsonima crassifolia H. B. & K. Malpighiaceae.

A small tree of New Granada and Panama. The small, acid berries are eaten.

Byrsonima spicata Rich. Shoemaker's Tree.

Tropical America. The yellow, acid berries are good eating but astringent.


Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.