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Coccoloba is a genus of about 177 mostly evergreen shrubs, trees and lianas from the tropical Americas, best known for seagrape (C. uvifera), which is grown for its fruit. Grow the commonly cultivated members in full sun and warm conditions with well-drained soil.
Coccoloba is a genus of 177 species of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae, which is native to the Neotropics. There is no overall English name for the genus, although many of the individual species have widely used common names.
One species, Coccoloba uvifera (Seagrape) is commonly cultivated for its edible fruit, and the genus name is sometimes used to denote this species.
The genus is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, in South America, the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico, with two species extending into Florida.
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