Hesperomeles nitida — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The ripe red fruits are edible.

A tropical plant. It has been recorded at 3,500 m above sea level.

Colombia, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A shrub. It grows 1-2 m tall. The fruit are green and become red when ripe. They are edible.

An unresolved in The Plant List.

Names & Synonyms

Mortina

References (3)

Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 1394
NYBG Herbarium "edible"
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.