Guatteria punctata
(Aubl.) R. A. Howard
Pinaou
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Fruit - raw. The thin layer of flesh is eaten. The fruits are produced in bunches of 5 - 100, becoming black to purple-black when fully ripe. Each fruit is ellipsoid to subglobose, 7 - 20mm long and 4 - 15 mm wide, containing a single, large seed.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. In Bolivia it has been recorded at 850 m above sea level.
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tree. The fruit are oval, brown and smooth. They are 8 cm across. There are slight net like marks on the surface. The flesh is red. It has many seeds.
How to Grow
Plants can flower and produce fruit all year round.
Medicinal Uses
The leaves are used in herbal baths. No further information is given.
Other Uses
A fibre is obtained from the bark. It is used for a range of purposes. The fibrous bark can be used to make rope. The stems are split to make stakes and used as the palisade walls of traditional houses. The wood isused to make boards.
Notes
There are about 100-150 Annona species.
Names & Synonyms
References (4)
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 58
- 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 400 (Also as Guatteria buchtienii)
- Martin, F. W., et al, 1987, Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics. USDA Handbook 642 p 80 (As Annona punctata)
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
