Gumbo limbo tree medicinal1/20/2024 ![]() ![]() If you could choose one wild plant to become a commercial product, what would it be? Upcoming classes: Saturday, July 13th, Red Bug Slough Preserve, 5200 Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL, 34233, 9 a.m., Sunday, July 14th, Bayshore Live Oak Park, 23157 Bayshore Rd., Port Charlotte, FL, 33980, 9 a.m. When made into a decoction, it will make you throw up. When made and used like a tea it is a fine beverage and was literally enjoyed by millions. By far the best example we have locally of a credulate leaf is the Ilex vomitoria which is used to make a caffeinated tea. It is used to describe small rounded teeth. There’s a lot diversity there (but no bathrooms.)īotany Builder #27: Crenulate (CREN-you-lit) from Dead Latin Crena meaning notch. The sanctuary is an odd location in that it is both high and dry but also low and wet plus it has the intercoastal waterway on one side and the ocean on the other. One seeds it in landscaping at the southern end of the state but I’ve not seen it in the wild per se. ![]() What’s unusual about the tree is that it is at the extreme end of it’s northern range. We found plenty of edibles from the tasty Natal Plum to wild cucumbers and seasonal Seablite (see article below.) The park also has a large Gumbo Limbo tree, no edible uses but some medicinal applications. It was our first visit to Melbourne Beach at the Maritime Bird Sanctuary, a 150 acre park with plenty of trails. Conversely in Melbourne Beach the stoppers were berryless. At West Palm we found an abundance of Cocoplums fruiting as well as Stimpson Stoppers. The east coast was the focus of class this past weekend with one Saturday in West Palm Beach and another Sunday about 100 miles up the coast at Melbourne Beach. If I can figure out my new video camera dismantling the cone may be my next topic de film forage. ![]() A six pound cone dropping 50 feet or more easily has enough impact to kill a person. However my friend Marabou (see Yam Harvest on You Tube) tipped me off to where there was one dropping cones so I had to take a look, and taste. None have made the official maps locally. The Bunya Pine is naturalized in south Florida but can be found in landscaping in other warm areas of the United States and elsewhere. The tree is native to Australia but exported around the world for a few centuries. And it’s a stretch to call them pines or the fruit “cones” but it will do. The Bunya Pine is a close relative to the Monkey Puzzle Tree which produces a similar edible fruit except rounder and more porcupine looking. She weights 10.5 pounds and sharing the box with her is a 6.5 pound edible Bunya Pine cone. The Bunya Pine cone is not exactly cuddly but Couscous doesn’t mind.Īs a well-fed kitty Couscous doesn’t get too excited over wild food but we do. ![]()
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