Nance 1922319 218365263 2008-06-10T09:23:49Z JaGa 2092487 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/124.188.210.181|124.188.210.181]] to last version by JaGa (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) :''In [[Ecuador]], "nance" usually refers to the unrelated [[legume]] ''[[Albizia pistaciifolia]]. {{otheruses}} {{Taxobox | name = Nance | image = Nanche.jpg | image_caption = ''Byrsonima crassifolia'' fruit | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Malpighiales]] | familia = [[Malpighiaceae]] | genus = ''[[Byrsonima]]'' | species = '''''B. crassifolia''''' | binomial = ''Byrsonima crassifolia'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Carl Sigismund Kunth|Kunth]] }} The '''nance''' is a [[tree]] widely distributed in tropical [[Americas|America]] and valued for its small, sweet [[fruit]]. The nance is a slow-growing large shrub or tree to 33 ft (10 m). The tree is native and abundant in the wild, sometimes in extensive stands, in open pine forests and grassy savannas, from southern [[Mexico]], through the Pacific side of [[Central America]], to [[Peru]] and [[Brazil]]; also occurs in [[Trinidad]], [[Barbados]], [[Curaçao]], [[St. Martin]], [[Dominica]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Haiti]], the [[Dominican Republic]] and throughout [[Cuba]] and the [[Isle of Pines]]. The nance is limited to tropical and subtropical climates. In Central and [[South America]], the tree ranges from sea-level to an altitude of 6,000 ft (1,800 m). It is highly drought-tolerant. The fruits are eaten raw or cooked as dessert, or may be included in soup or in stuffing for meats. They are also made into a candy, [[dulce de nance]], prepared with the fruit cooked in sugar and water. The fruits are often used to prepare carbonated beverages, flavor [[mezcal]]-based [[liqueur]]s, or make an oily, acidic, fermented beverage known as [[chicha]], the standard term applied to assorted beer-like drinks made of fruits or maize. Nance is used to distill a rum-like liquor called ''crema de nance'' in Costa Rica. Mexico produces a ''licor de nanche''. '''See also:''' '''[[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]]''' ==External links== *[http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/nance.html ''Byrsonima crassifolia''] [[Category:Malpighiaceae]] [[Category:Trees of Central America]] [[Category:Trees of the Caribbean]] [[Category:Trees of Cuba]] [[Category:Trees of the Isle of Youth]] [[Category:Trees of the Dominican Republic]] [[Category:Trees of Haiti]] [[Category:Trees of Puerto Rico]] [[Category:Trees of Curaçao]] [[Category:Trees of the Lesser Antilles]] [[Category:Trees of Barbados]] [[Category:Trees of Dominica]] [[Category:Trees of Guadeloupe]] [[Category:Trees of Saint Martin]] [[Category:Trees of Brazil]] [[Category:Trees of Peru]] [[Category:Trees of Trinidad and Tobago]] {{fruit-stub}} [[es:Byrsonima crassifolia]] [[nl:Nance (plant)]] [[pt:Byrsonima crassifolia]] [[ru:Нансе]]