Geobalanus oblongifolius, commonly known as gopher apple,[1] is an evergreen shrub.

It grows in America within the sandhills of peninsular Florida as well as coastal Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina and Georgia.

[2] Its fruit is eaten by wildlife and is being used in cancer research.

[3] The fruit is a food source for the gopher tortoise and many other species of wildlife.

It was originally published as Licania michauxii by British botanist G.T.