Did you know that the fruits of Byrsonima crassifolia have a very pungent and distinct flavor and smell and when jarred, their texture resembles that of a green or kalamata olive?

Golden Spoon - Nance - Byrsonima crassifolia

Byrsonima crassifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Malpighiaceae, native to tropical America. Common names used in English include nance, maricao cimun, craboo, and golden spoon. In Jamaica it is called hogberry. 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.

Golden Spoon, Byrsonima crassifolia, is a slow-growing large shrub or tree that grows up to 10 m with a bole diameter of 15 to 25 cm. It is slow-growing, drought-tolerant, and deciduous. The tree has dark brown, fissured and rough bark. The inner bark is pinkish. It has tall or short and straight or crooked trunk.

Byrsonima crassifolia forms a rounded, sparsely branched crown of ovoid to elliptical leaves that contain saponins and can be quite toxic. The leaves are opposite, ovate-elliptic or oblong-elliptic; 3.2–17 cm long and 4–7 cm wide.

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