Matisia lomensis

(Cuatrec.) Cuatrec

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C. Dennis : Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department

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I. Huamantupa : Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is edible.

A tropical plant.

Colombia, Panama, Peru, South America,

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

A tropical tree in the mallow family (Malvaceae), historically also classified in the Bombacaceae family under the subfamily Bombacoideae.

Also put in the family Bombacaceae. In the subfamily Bombacoideae.

Names & Synonyms

Quararibea lomensis Cuatrec.

References (5)

Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2772 (As Quararibea lomensis)
Kew Plants of the World On line
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
Smith, N., Mori, S.A., et al, 2004, Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. Princeton. p 57 (As Quararibea lomensis)
Torre, de la L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 250