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Definition of Chrysobalanus icaco
1. Noun. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
Terms within: Coco Plum, Cocoa Plum, Icaco
Group relationships: Chrysobalanus, Genus Chrysobalanus
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysobalanus Icaco
Literary usage of Chrysobalanus icaco
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bahama Islands by George Burbank Shattuck (1905)
"... Custard Apple (Anona palustris) and Cocoa Plum (Chrysobalanus icaco) in the
... Cocoa Plum (Chrysobalanus icaco) next; then an open growth of Ambrosia ..."
2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1907)
"This species as it occurs in Florida is strongly contrasted with Chrysobalanus
Icaco L. The plants of the latter species are mainly confined to the sand ..."
3. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"... in. long, and numerous solitary fascicled corymbose heads of fragrant white
flowers ; Monrovia and Sino Basin, Whyte\ ROSACE/E Chrysobalanus icaco, ..."
4. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"Chrysobalanus icaco, L. Cocoa Plum. Leaves broadly elliptical or round-obovate,
rounded or slightly emarginate at th* apex, wedge-shaped at the base, ..."
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