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Ogeeche Lime

OGEECHE LIME; Sous TUPELO (Nyssa Ogeche, Marsh). .50 to 70 feet. A small, twiggy tupelo, with white or gray hoary twigs, leaves obovate, 4 to 6 inches long, and clustered red fruits the size of plums and pecans. It is a strikingly beautiful tree in the time of fruiting, and though it grows in inundated land, its drupes are gathered for preserves. Coast of South Carolina to Florida.