Humiriastrum cuspidatum

(Benth.) Cuatrec.

Guaco

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten.

A tropical plant.

Amazon, Brazil, Guyana, Peru, South America, Venezuela,

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

A tropical cultivated tree in the Humiriaceae family with edible fruit.

It is a cultivated plant.

Names & Synonyms

Achua, Kro my kak nho, Uchi, Uchu mullaca

Humiria cuspidata Benth.Humirium cuspidatum Benth.Sacoglottis cuspidata (Benth.) Urb.

References (4)

Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 1861 (As Humiria cuspidata)
Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 423 (Also as Sacoglottis cuspidata)
Martin, F. W., et al, 1987, Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics. USDA Handbook 642 p 96 (As Sacoglottis cuspidata)
Poset, D. A., 2002, Kayapo Ethnoecology and Culture. Routledge