Byrsonima crassifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Malpighiaceae, native to tropical America. Common names used in English include nance,[1] maricao cimun,[6] craboo, and golden spoon.[3] In Jamaica it is called hogberry.[citation needed]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Malpighiaceae |
| Genus: | Byrsonima |
| Species: | B. crassifolia
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| Energy | 306 kJ (73 kcal) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16.97 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sugars | 8.31 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dietary fiber | 7.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.16 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
0.66 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[4] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The plant is valued for its small (between one, and one and a quarter centimeter in diameter) round, sweet yellow fruit which is strongly scented. The fruits have a very pungent and distinct flavor and smell. When jarred, their texture resembles that of a green or kalamata olive.[citation needed]
Description and habitat
editByrsonima crassifolia is a slow-growing large shrub or tree to 10 metres (33 ft). Sometimes cultivated for its edible fruits, the tree is native and abundant in the wild, sometimes in extensive stands, in open pine forests and grassy savannas, from central Mexico, through Central America, to Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil; it also occurs in Trinidad, Barbados, Curaçao, St. Martin, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and throughout Cuba and the Isle of Pines. The nance is limited to tropical and subtropical climates. In Central and South America, the tree ranges from sea-level to an altitude of 1,800 m (6,000 ft).[1] It is highly drought-tolerant.[7]
Example ecoregions of occurrence
editFound in a number of tropical and subtropical ecoregions of the Americas that feature conifers, an example ecoregion of occurrence for B. crassifolia is the Belizean pine forests.[8]
Uses
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The fruits are eaten raw or cooked as dessert.[7] In rural Panama, the dessert prepared with the addition of sugar and flour, known as pesada de nance, is quite popular. The fruits are also made into dulce de nance, a candy prepared with the fruit cooked in sugar and water. In Nicaragua (where the fruit is called nancite), it is a popular ingredient for several desserts, including raspados (a frozen dessert made from a drink prepared with nancites) and a dessert made by leaving the fruit to ferment with some sugar in a bottle for several months (usually from harvest around August–September until December) -- this is sometimes called "nancite in vinegar".
The fruits are also often used to prepare carbonated beverages, ice cream and juice; in Brazil, to flavor mezcal-based liqueurs, or make an oily, acidic, fermented beverage known as chicha, the standard term applied to assorted beer-like drinks made of fruits or maize. Nance is used to distill a rum-like liquor called crema de nance in Costa Rica. Mexico produces a licor de nanche.
In Veracruz, Mexico, it is called nanche and it is a common dessert element that can be found in the form of popsicles (percheronas) and ice sorbets (raspado). Fruit components can be processed to make traditional and innovative food products, namely candies, cookies, cakes, candied fruits, ice creams, sorbets, jellies, juices, liqueurs, jams, nectars, pickles, and fruit drinks[7]
In Panama, the wood from the tree is used as an aromatic in smoking and grilling.
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See also
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edit- ^ a b c Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Byrsonima crassifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61780518A149003401. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T61780518A149003401.en. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ a b "Byrsonima crassifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). "Chapter 4: Potassium: Dietary Reference Intakes for Adequacy". In Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). pp. 120–121. doi:10.17226/25353. ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ "Byrsonima crassifolia". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ^ a b c Cesar San-Martín-Hernández, Miguel Ángel Martínez-Téllez, Otila Noema Valenzuela-Amavizca, Emmanuel Aispuro-Hernández, Mario Sánchez-Sánchez, Estela Hernández-Camarillo, Leticia Xochitl López-Martínez, and Eber Addí Quintana-Obregón (December 2023). "Byrsonima crassifolia L. Kunth a bio-resource with potential: Overview and opportunities". Folia Horticulturae. 35 (1): 61–75. doi:10.2478/fhort-2023-0005. ISSN 2083-5965.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. 2012. Belizean pine forests. ed. M. McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. Washington DC
External links
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