Taxon: Chrysobalanus icaco L.

Summary

Genus:

Chrysobalanus

Family:

Chrysobalanaceae

Nomen number:

10397

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:513. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

02/02/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

11 (2 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Images (3 total. Click on image for more.)

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. 1971. A flora of tropical Florida.
Prance, G. T. & C. A. Sothers. 2003. Chrysobalanaceae 1, Chrysobananus to Parinari. In: Orchard, A. E., ed., Species Plantarum: Flora of the World. 9:5-7.
Prance, G. T. 1970. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 51:525.
Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.
Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 128.
Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:325.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:720.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	coco-plum	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
French	icacier	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	icaquier	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	prune colon	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Icacopflaume	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	ciruela de algodón	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	icaco	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	icaco	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Benin
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Côte D'Ivoire
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Gambia
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea-Bissau
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Liberia
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Senegal
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Togo
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Central African Republic
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Congo
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo			Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Equatorial Guinea
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Gabon
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:720.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida	s.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:720.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:720.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:720.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:720.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:720.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:720.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:720.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:720.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:720.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Alagoas		Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amapá		Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Bahia		Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Ceará		Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Espírito Santo		Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Maranhão		Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pará		Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Paraíba		Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Piauí		Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro		Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	São Paulo		Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas			Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cayman Islands			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica			Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico		Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador			Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
2	Cultivated					also cult.
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Seychelles			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Singapore			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia	Marquesas Islands		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia	Society Islands		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Fiji			Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:325.

Native
Africa

WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Zambia

Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida (s.)]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacán de Ocampo, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, United States [Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil [Alagoas, Amapá, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Pará, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador

Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Seychelles

Asia-Tropical

INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
MALESIA: Singapore

Pacific

SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia [Marquesas Islands, Society Islands]
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji

Reference(s)

Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:15-20.
Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:325.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:720.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	fruit	eaten as preserves	Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 128.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10397. Accessed 12 May 2026.