ARBORETUM 
OF 
WM. R. GROVE 
LAUREL, SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA 
Four Miles North of Venice on Tamiami Trail (U. S. 41) 
December, 1946 
Visitors to the arboretum so frequently ask for the botanical and common 
names of many of our plantings that we have prepared this list of some two 
hundred and fifty of our tropical and sub-tropical fruit, economic, flowering 
and ornamental trees, shrubs, etc., that seem to evoke most interest. This list 
should serve to assist visitors in identifying items they may desire to further 
explore in horticultural works. 
The list is offered only as a rough guide to assist visitors in recalling what 
they may have seen in the arboretum, and for the benefit of those who may 
be interested in furthering the development of horticulture in Florida. 
EDIBLE FRUITS, NUTS, ETC. 
(Not all are of fruiting age) 
BOTANICAL NAME 
Achras sapota 
Adansonia digitata 
Aegle marmelos 
Anacardium occidentale 
Ananas Sativas 
Annona species 
Annona species 
Annona cherimola 
Annona diversifolia 
Annona glabra 
Annona Montana 
Annona muricata 
Annona reticulata 
Annona squamosa 
Antidesma bunius 
Antidesma species 
Artocarpus integrifolia 
Averrhoa carambola 
Bertholletia excelsa 
Blighia sapida 
Brosium alicastrum 
COMMON NAME 
Sapodilla 
Baobab 
Bael fruit 
Cashew nut 
Pineapple 
Atemoya 
2 hybrids 
Cherimoya 
Ilama 
Pond apple 
Mountain soursop 
Soursop 
Custard apple 
Sugar apple 
Bignay 
3 varieties 
Jak fruit 
Carambola 
(2 varieties) 
Brazil nut 
Akee 
Bread nut 
NATIVITY 
Tropical America 
Central Africa 
India 
Tropical America 
Tropical America 
Tropical America 
Tropical America 
Tropical America 
Tropical America 
Tropical America 
South America 
South America 
Tropical America 
India 
Southeast Asia 
South Sea Islands 
India 
Southeast Asia 
Brazil 
West Africa 
Asia 
