Sea Grape
Coccoloba uvifera
Markings and exact colorations may vary.
Clusters of purple grape-like fruit, or the small pointed tan seed left behind, under a dune shrub with round leathery leaves.
- Typical size
- Fruit 0.5–0.8 in
- How often it turns up
- Common
- Collecting
- Check local rules
- Handling
- Safe to handle
Sea grape is protected in Florida — don't cut, damage or remove plants. Picking up fallen fruit or seeds is generally fine, but parks may restrict it.
How to tell it apart
- Round purple fruits in hanging clusters
- Single small pointed oval tan seed inside each fruit
- Grows with large round leathery leaves with red veins
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