Seaside grape

Seaside grape : Seaside grapes (family of Polygonaceae - Botanical name: Coccoloba uvifera) is the fruit of a tree commonly called sea ​​grape tree ou navy grape. It owes its name of seaside grape grower to its fruit bodies superficially resembling bunches of grapes.
It is an evergreen tree native to the West Indies, the east coast of Central America, and the northeast coast of South America. It is a tree that can reach ten meters in height, but generally has more modest dimensions, due to its propensity to grow by the sea, where the winds play a certain dwarfing role. This tree with large rounded leaves bears clusters of edible fruit. The flowers are white and fragrant.
The seaside grape or sea grape is a pyriform fruit, more or less rounded, which is green and which becomes purplish-red when ripe. It is grouped in clusters. Its edible pulp contains a single seed. This fruit is usually eaten raw, but can also be made into jellies or jam.
In the Northern Caribbean Islands, seaside grapes are used in the composition of certain arranged rums and many islanders nibble on them when they are fully ripe.