General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: 10 feet to 39 feet
Plant Spread: 10 to 32 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: 1/2 to 1 inch round, thin skinned, green fruits ripen to yellow or pale orange; each containing a large stone with up to 3 white seeds.
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: Yellow, aging to orange and reddish-orange.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Birds
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Nancy Tree
  • Golden Spoon
  • Nance
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Byrsonima crassifolia
  • Synonym: Malpighia montana
  • Synonym: Malpighia crassifolia
  • Synonym: Byrsonima crassifolia var. peruviana

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credit: Hermann Luyken

Date: August
credit: Franz Xaver

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