A tropical American tree (Chrysobalanus icaco) that produces an edible fruit, also called the coco plum.
From Taino (Caribbean indigenous language), entering Spanish and then English through colonial contact. The word preserves pre-Columbian plant knowledge.
The cagui fruit can turn from white to red to black as it ripens—indigenous peoples used it as food and medicine for centuries before Spanish colonizers ever saw it.
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