Ardisia coriacea. Ardisia esculenta.

Ardisia coriacea Sw. Myrsineae. Beef-Wood.

West Indies. According to Sloane, the drupes are eaten in Jamaica and are accounted a pleasant dessert.

Ardisia esculenta Pav.

South America. The berries are esculent.


Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.