University of Florida Plant Information Growing Peanut Butter Fruit in Florida
Peanut Butter Fruit Tree (Bunchosia glandulifera), also known as Monk’s Plum, is a perennial flowering plant native to Central America and South America. Other than ornamental value, the tree produces small orange-red fruits, almost one inch in size, with dense pulp, slightly juicy and sweet, resembling peanut butter in flavor and aroma. The fruits can be eaten fresh, as jellies, jam or preserves. The fruit’s appearance is like coffee and in Brazil is accordingly called caferana.
Peanut butter tree can grow as an evergreen tree up to about 23-26 ft although it can be pruned to be maintained to a smaller size.