Mexican Olive Tree Seeds

Wild olive mexican olive anacahuita cordia boissieri.
Mexican olive tree seeds. Mexican olive trees grow well in large containers making them ideal for patios pools or decks where the beautiful white blooms add beauty and interest. And even though the fruit of the mexican olive is not palatable its foliage and fragrant flowers make this a show off shrub for us. It has thick 5 inch long ovate leaves that are at first a soft lightly fuzzy texture but harden with age and are gray green above and paler below. The sweet fruit of cordia boissieri commonly called texas or mexican olive is a valuable food source for birds and wildlife but considered slightly toxic to humans if eaten fresh.
These attract birds that enjoy eating the fruit. However the indigenous people of the rio grande river valley in southern texas and mexico have traditionally made cooked jellies and dyes from the fruit and use. Although it has a shrubby habit you can prune it as a tree. Wild olive is native to the southernmost tip of the rio grande plains of south texas.
Also known as texas olive or anacahuita this plant is not related to the true olive but it does produce a similar looking fruit. It is evergreen with nearly 3 inch wide trumpet shaped flowers brilliant white with yellow throats. New mexico olive tree care. Because of its showy flowers it is often planted as an ornamental in the lower rio grande valley.
The tree also looks beautiful when planted as a specimen in lawns or gardens or along streets near parking lots or in median strips.