Or Nance, is a slow-growing shrub or tree growing up to 10m (33ft). It’s valued for its small (between one, and one and a quarter centimeter in diameter) round, sweet yellow fruit which is strongly scented. The fruits have a very pungent and distinct flavor and smell. The fruits are eaten raw or cooked as dessert. In rural Panama, the dessert prepared with the addition of sugar and flour, known as pesada de nance, is quite popular. in Brazil, to flavor mezcal-based liqueurs, or make an oily, acidic, fermented beverage known as chicha. The plant spans from entral America to south, and also to the Caribbean.
