Nagami Kumquat
FORTUNELLA MARGARITA
The fruit is small, oval with a few seeds and is slightly tart. It is generally used in preserves, decorations or can be eaten whole and will hold on the tree for months. The tree is small, fine-stemmed, with few or no thorns and dense foliage. It also makes a container plant. They can and do have several bloom periods, giving the opportunity to have fruit during a number of the months in the year. Propagated by budding. See Kumquat

Namnam, Nam Nam
CYNOMETRA CAULIFLORA
A small tree from Southeast Asia, it carries a fleshy pod 2-4" long, shaped like a kidney. It has several crops a year, is slow growing and propagated by seed. The pulp is subacid and contains one seed.

Nance, Golden Spoon
BYRSONIMA CRASSIFOLIA
This small Central/South American tree produces a spray of yellow flowers followed by yellow acid fruits, which are eaten fresh or used for jellies, wines, liquors. New larger and sweeter varieties have been found. The tree can be found in South Florida.

Naranjilla
SOLANUM QUITOENSE
This small, perennial shrub, native to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia, must be protected from freezing temperatures and makes a good potted plant. It bears large heart-shaped leaves which are downy on both sides and downy violet flowers with white interiors. The 11?2" hairy, orange fruit is tomato-shaped with green juicy pulp. Propagated by grafting. See Naranjilla

Natal Plum
CARISSA MACROCARPA (C. grandflora)
A South African shrub used as a hedge or free standing shrub because of its interestingly formed branches and shiny deep-green leaves, offset by white and pink flowers. The plant bears a 2" egg-shaped red fruit that exudes a white astringent latex unless fully ripe. The fruit can be eaten out-of-hand but does make good cranberry-like preserves. It is a salt tolerant plant. See Natal Plum

Nauclea
NAUCLEA ESCULENTA
This small evergreen tree, native to West Africa, is an attractive and unusual ornamental. It bears a medium-sized, red fruit with firm, sweet pulp and many fine seeds. Propagated by seed.

Nervosa, Canistel, Eggfruit, Lucuma, Yiessas
POUTERIA CAMPECHIANA
This small-to-medium evergreen tree from Central and Northern South America makes a good landscape tree but it cannot stand frost. The fruit is variable in size and shape, with a thin yellow to orange skin covering a dry to moist pulp,sweet, musky, rich and generally either loved or despised. Eaten fresh or cooked in place of yam, it is picked when mature and allowed to set until soft and ripe. Propagated by seed or grafting. See Canistel

Night-Blooming Cereus, Pitaya
CEREUS PERUVIANUS
This strange cactus looks like a series of giant ribbed sausages attached end to end. It grows in coastal areas and warmer areas of the U.S. It can reach a height of 50'. Showy flowers open at night. Fruit is reddish, 11?2" in diameter with a sweet flavor. See Pitaya

Nutmeg
MYRISTICA FRAGRANS
A large tree, native to the Moluccas, but brought by the Dutch and Portuguese to the Caribbean Islands. It takes 6-7 years to fruit and requires high humidity with fertile soil. In such areas, the tree will bear all year. In other areas, fruit is harvested twice a year. The fruit Is about 2" round with yellow skin, which splits in half, showing a red pulp (mace) surrounding a hard-shelled seed, the kernel of which is nutmeg.

Nagami Kumquat
Namnam
Nance
Naranjilla
Natal Plum
Nauclea
Nervosa
Night-Blooming Cereus
Nutmeg