Nance Fruit Yellow Live Plants (Byrsonima Crassifolia)

Common Names

Nance Fruit Tree, Craboo, Nanche, Golden Spoon, Yellow Cherry, Golden Cherry

Botanical Name

Byrsonima crassifolia

General Information

The Nance Fruit Tree, native to Central and South America, grows from southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil, particularly along the Pacific coast. The fruit ripens in clusters on large shrubs, turning from green to yellow-red. Nance fruits have a unique, cheese-like taste with hints of banana, lychee, and pear. Each fruit contains 1–3 small, inedible seeds within an oily white pulp.

Cultivation

• Time to Bloom/Fruit: 3–4 years
• Maintenance Required: Moderate. Nance trees thrive in tropical and subtropical regions, preferring sandy and rocky soils. They are drought-resistant but sensitive to cold.

Healthy Benefits

• High in Vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, and manganese.
• Contains fiber, tannins, and oxalic acid when unripe.
• Antioxidants in the fruit may help reduce the risk of cancer, stroke, and heart disease.
• Also rich in vitamins K, C, thiamine, E, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, niacin, folate, manganese, protein, iron, carotene, and phosphorus.