Coccoloba uvifera

Common name: Sea Grape, Kino, Platterleaf

Family: Polygonaceae

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Country of Origin: tropical America

Description: A native of Florida, used as a coastal area, landscape plant, it does well in areas of high salt and poor soil. The leaves are large and round; the fruit is grape sized, with woody, purple skin covering a thin purple flesh crowning a large seed. They are borne on stalks and ripen individually, falling off easily when picked. The musky sweet flavor is pleasant eaten fresh but best as jelly. Propagated by seeds or air layers.

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USDA Zone: 10a-11

Source: Unknown

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: core eudicots
• Order: Caryophyllales
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• Family: Polygonaceae
• SubFamily: Eriogonoideae
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References:

1. California Rare Fruit Growers WWW Site
2. The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 29 October 2013).
3. Coccoloba uvifera. (2011, July 3). Wikispecies, . Retrieved 12:58, October 29, 2013
4. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, 2013-07-01. Accessed on 2013-10-29
5. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 29 Oct 2013

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