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The Sea Grape in Fruit. 



two Latin words. Coccus, meaning carpel or shell, and loba, a lobe, having reference 



to the peculiarity of the calyx lobes of the flower which surrounds the ripe fruit. 

 The specific term uvifera is from the Latin ura. berry and fera to bear, meaning 

 berry-bearing. The fruits occur in clusters of pear-shaped purple berries about the 

 size of large grapes. It is for this reason that the tree is variously known as grape, 

 mangrove grape, wild grape, sea grape, seaside grape, seaside plum, round-leaved 

 seaside plum and pigeon wood tree. It is less often referred to as the American, 

 Jamaican and West Indian kino tree. The following Spanish names of tins tree 

 likewise have reference to the peculiar character of the fruit: uva caleta, uva mar, 

 uvero and uverillo. 



