susumbern.
/səˈsʌmbə/ A prickly shrub, Solanum torvum, of the family Solanaceæ, native to the tropics, esp. America and the West Indies, and bearing clusters of white flowers followed by edible berries; also attributive; = mackaw bush n. at macaw n.2 Compounds.
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1814 J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis II. 245 There are two varieties, both very common in Jamaica, the berries about the size of small cherries... They are..known by the names soushumber, cat-nail, Port-Morant tobacco, and macaw bush.
1839 B. M'Mahon Jamaica Plantership 27 He then ran after them, flogging, knocking them down, and tumbling them into the susumber bushes, full of thorns.
1913 W. Harris Notes Fruit & Veg. Jamaica 42 The soushumber is used mainly by the natives who..consider it a wholesome vegetable.
1929 M. W. Beckwith Black Roadways 14 Salt cod cooked with..the sosuma berry, is a favourite breakfast dish even upon the tables of the whites.
1953 Caribbean Q. 3 i. 10 Susumber berries..grow wild everywhere.
1972 C. D. Adams Flowering Plants Jamaica 656 S[olanum] torvum... Gully Bean, Susumber, Turkey Berry... Shrub 1–4 m high... General in the tropics.
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