Randia laetevirens
Standl.
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Description
A tropical shrub or small tree with rough, thorny leaves native to coastal sand dunes.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in coastal sand dunes.
Where It Grows
Mexico,
Also Known As
Capulin de corona, Crucetillo, Tsootsoob olom
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 738