Mameyulo, Badula
Ardisia coriacea

Family: Primulaceae

What it is like

A shrub. The branches are thick and grey. The leaves are thick and narrowly oblong. They are 12 cm long. The flowers are green and in dense pyramid shaped groups at the ends of branches. The fruit are black, round berries.

Ardisia obovata occurs in Guadeloupe and has as a synonym Ardisia guadeloupensis. Also put in the family Myrsinaceae.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant.

Countries/locations it is found in

Jamaica, West Indies

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Beefwood

Synonyms

Ardisia guadeloupensis Duchass.;