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Byrsonima lucida
Also called Clam Cherry, Gooseberry, Candle Berry, Guanaberry, Key Byrsonima, Locust Berry, Long Key Byrsonima
Long Key locustberry is a shrub or small tree from the Florida Keys and Caribbean, grown for its pink flowers and small edible-looking fruit. It suits warm, sunny, well-drained sites and is well adapted to dry limestone and sandy soils.
Byrsonima lucida is a species of plant in the Malpighiaceae family. It is endemic to islands in the Caribbean and to the U.S. state of Florida. It is a shrub or small tree, and produces pink flowers. Its natural habitat is hammocks in dry limestone rocklands, and in sandy pine-palm woods.
Common names for the plant include clam cherry, gooseberry, locust berry and Long Key locustberry.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Byrsonima lucida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
