Common names: Anacua, sugarberry, sandpaper-tree, knockaway, anaqua, manzanita, manzanillo, tlalahuacate
Location in Texas: S, SE, & C TX; common (often ornamental) in Travis Co.
Form: tree, up to 50 ft. tall with 2 ft. diameter trunks.
Flowers: April (white).
Food
Fruits – edible, red, and sweet (Ohlendorf et al. 1980:603). The fruits were eaten by the Mexican Kickapoo (Latorre and Latorre 1977:344).
Material
Wood – used to make ladles by the Mexican Kickapoo (Latorre and Latorre 1977:343).
Experimentation
I have eaten the fruits on various occasions. They are sweet and tasty.
The tree is quite easy to identify, as its leaves feel very similar to sandpaper.
Ehretia anacua (Terán & Berl.) I.M.Johnst. in GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-04-27.Ehretia anacua (Terán & Berl.) I.M.Johnst. observed in United States of America by blake hendon (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Ehretia anacua (Terán & Berl.) I.M.Johnst. observed in United States of America by birdingtexan (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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