Muntingia calabura

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Muntingia calabura
    n 1: a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white
         flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky
         fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves [syn:
         {Jamaican cherry}, {calabur tree}, {calabura}, {silk wood},
         {silkwood}, {Muntingia calabura}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

calabura \calabura\ n.
   a fast-growing tropical American evergreen ({Muntingia
   calabura}) having white flowers and white fleshy edible
   fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is
   valuable for staves.

   Syn: Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, silkwood.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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