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Chrysobalanus icaco L.

Chrysobalanaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (general) W SC Africa (tropics) int SE Eurasia (Vietnam) and ME Oceania (Fiji)

SC SE

S[M]

hel hyg->[xer] sili

dr fd (edible fruits) fr fw ma (seed oil used for candles) pl ti

Chrysobalanus ellipticus Sol. ex Sabine Chrysobalanus guianensis Klotzsch Chrysobalanus icaco ssp. pellocarpus (G.Mey.) E.Murray Chrysobalanus icaco L. ssp. icaco Chrysobalanus icaco var. ellipticus (Sol. ex Sabine) Hook.f. Chrysobalanus icaco var. genuina Stehlé Chrysobalanus icaco var. genuinus Stehlé & Quentin Chrysobalanus icaco var. pellocarpus (G.Mey.) DC. Chrysobalanus icaco var. pellocarpus (G.Mey.) Hook.f. Chrysobalanus interior Small Chrysobalanus luteus Sabine Chrysobalanus orbicularis Schumach. Chrysobalanus pellocarpus G.Mey. Chrysobalanus purpureus Mill. Chrysobalanus savannarum Britton Prunus icaco Labat Sorbus aucuparia L.

icaco cocoplum; caye caulker plum, coco plum, coco-plum (Belize); cocoa plum, cocoa-plum; cocoplum (Bahamas, Belize, Jamaica, Virgin Gorda); Everglades cocoplum; fat apple pork (tropical America, W Africa); fat pork, gopher-plum; hicoco plum, icaco, jicaco plum (Belize); pigeon-plum (USA); small fruit cocoplum, smallfruit

icaquier d'Amérique; gros icaque, icaque, icaque blanc, icaque bleue, icaque noire; icaquier (Central America, USA, West Indies); icaquier à petits fruits, petit z'icaque, pomme z'icaque, pomme zicaque, prune coton; prune d'anse (French Guiana); prune z'icaque, prune zicaque, prunier d'anse, z'icaque; zicaque (Haiti)

caramio (Guyana); carib ikaku; eg cacco (Mexico); hicaco (Cuba, Puerto Rico); hicaco cimarrón (Cuba); hikaku; icacillo, icaco (Venezuela); icaco de costa (Cuba); icaco dulce, icaco dúlce; jicaco, jicaco plum (Dominican Republic); micaco, nalubuno

awonrinwan (yoruba); erejoeroe (karihna, Suriname); guajurú (portuguese, Brazil); ikak (creole, Haiti); ikatee (yoruba); ka-ka-tà, kocho-rhum (maya, Belize); kodibiassiballi, kodibiussiballi, koelimiro, koenatepie (arawak); koenoto-epoe (karihna, Suriname); pruim (sranan)

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Latin name	Chrysobalanus icaco L.
Family	Chrysobalanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (general) W SC Africa (tropics) int SE Eurasia (Vietnam) and ME Oceania (Fiji)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg->[xer] sili
Use	dr fd (edible fruits) fr fw ma (seed oil used for candles) pl ti
Synonym	Chrysobalanus ellipticus Sol. ex Sabine Chrysobalanus guianensis Klotzsch Chrysobalanus icaco ssp. pellocarpus (G.Mey.) E.Murray Chrysobalanus icaco L. ssp. icaco Chrysobalanus icaco var. ellipticus (Sol. ex Sabine) Hook.f. Chrysobalanus icaco var. genuina Stehlé Chrysobalanus icaco var. genuinus Stehlé & Quentin Chrysobalanus icaco var. pellocarpus (G.Mey.) DC. Chrysobalanus icaco var. pellocarpus (G.Mey.) Hook.f. Chrysobalanus interior Small Chrysobalanus luteus Sabine Chrysobalanus orbicularis Schumach. Chrysobalanus pellocarpus G.Mey. Chrysobalanus purpureus Mill. Chrysobalanus savannarum Britton Prunus icaco Labat Sorbus aucuparia L.
English name	icaco cocoplum; caye caulker plum, coco plum, coco-plum (Belize); cocoa plum, cocoa-plum; cocoplum (Bahamas, Belize, Jamaica, Virgin Gorda); Everglades cocoplum; fat apple pork (tropical America, W Africa); fat pork, gopher-plum; hicoco plum, icaco, jicaco plum (Belize); pigeon-plum (USA); small fruit cocoplum, smallfruit
French name	icaquier d'Amérique; gros icaque, icaque, icaque blanc, icaque bleue, icaque noire; icaquier (Central America, USA, West Indies); icaquier à petits fruits, petit z'icaque, pomme z'icaque, pomme zicaque, prune coton; prune d'anse (French Guiana); prune z'icaque, prune zicaque, prunier d'anse, z'icaque; zicaque (Haiti)
Spanish name	caramio (Guyana); carib ikaku; eg cacco (Mexico); hicaco (Cuba, Puerto Rico); hicaco cimarrón (Cuba); hikaku; icacillo, icaco (Venezuela); icaco de costa (Cuba); icaco dulce, icaco dúlce; jicaco, jicaco plum (Dominican Republic); micaco, nalubuno
Other name	awonrinwan (yoruba); erejoeroe (karihna, Suriname); guajurú (portuguese, Brazil); ikak (creole, Haiti); ikatee (yoruba); ka-ka-tà, kocho-rhum (maya, Belize); kodibiassiballi, kodibiussiballi, koelimiro, koenatepie (arawak); koenoto-epoe (karihna, Suriname); pruim (sranan)
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