Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Another native plant with seeds that float for long distances is tallow wood (Ximena americana). You will find this plant growing in sandy places - both beach and scrub. Inside the delicious, fragrant fruit is a seabean, a seed that…
The fruit of tallow wood (Ximena americana) is a drupe. A drupe is a thin-skinned fleshy fruit with a central stone containing the seed. Examples includes plums, cherries, and olives. Other common names for tallow wood include yellow plum, hog…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 