Long Key Locustberry

Byrsonima biflora Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8 : 167. 1860
Leaf-blades spatulate to cuneate, 1-4 cm. long, rounded at the apex, glabrous, shining on both sides, short-petioled ; raceme-rachis and pedicels glabrous ; sepals ovate or oval, about 3 mm. long, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 6-7 mm. long ; drupes globular, 8-9 mm in diameter.
Type locality : Cuba. Distribution : Eastern Cuba.

Byrsonima lucida DC. Prodr. 1 : 580. 1824
Malpighia lucida Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. Malpighia no. 9. 1868. Malpighia cuncata Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31' : 390. 1858. Malpighia lanceolata C. Muell. in Walp. Ann. 7: 467, in part. 1868. Brysonima porloricensis Stahl, Estud. Fl. Puerto Rico 2 : 143. 1884.
Leaf-blades spatulate to obovate-spatulate or cuneate, 1.5-5.5 cm. long, rounded or abruptly pointed at the apex, glabrous, shining above, dull beneath, short-petioled ; panicle-rachis and pedicels often sparingly pubescent during anthesis, glabrous at maturity ; sepals ovate or oblong-ovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, the glands one half the length of the sepalbody or less; larger petals 5-6 mm. long; drupes globular or spheroidal, 9-12 mm. in diameter.
Type locality : Cuba.
Distribution : Southern Florida and the West Indies.

Byrsonima lucida is a species of plant in the Malpighiaceae family. It is endemic to islands in the Caribbean and to the U.S. state of Florida. It is a shrub or small tree, and produces pink flowers. Its natural habitat is hammocks in dry limestone rocklands, and in sandy pine-palm woods.

Common names for the plant include clam cherry, gooseberry, locust berry and Long Key locustberry.