Peritassa spp

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Victor Pássaro

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

A tropical plant.

South America,

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

Peritassa is a tropical plant in the Celastraceae family with edible fruit.

They were in the Hippocreateaceae family.

References (1)

Smith, N., Mori, S.A., et al, 2004, Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. Princeton. p 184