pigeon-plum

Updated: May 21, 2025

I counted at least a dozen varieties, among which were horseflesh, wild tamarind, redwood, pigeon-plum, poison wood, gum-elemi, fig, logwood, and mahogany. Evidently there was an unusually thick layer of soil over the coral rock in this part of the island, which was in the main composed of the usual clinker and scrub where it was not mangrove swamp.

Richard Le Gallienne - Pieces of Eight : Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure Discovered in the Bahama Islands in the Year 1903