A tropical tree (Chrysobalanus icaco) native to South America, also known as the coco plum, bearing edible fruit.
From Tupi or Portuguese colonial language sources, likely from indigenous Amazonian languages. The word traveled through Portuguese colonial trade into English.
The coropo is also called the 'silver plum' in some regions—it's a hardy tree that indigenous peoples have cultivated for thousands of years, but it's still relatively unknown outside tropical regions despite being super nutritious!
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