Exothea paniculata
Cambess.
Butter bough
SapindaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are roasted and eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant.
Caribbean, Central America, Nicaragua, West Indies,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent
How to Identify
A tree. It can grow 20 m tall. The trunk is 50 cm across. The leaves have opposite leaflets that are 14 cm long. The fruit is a berry that is dark purple to black when ripe.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Exothea paniculata, called the butterbough, inkwood, or ironwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is native to wet tropical areas of Florida, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Colombia. A shrub or tree reaching 45 ft (14 m), it is typically found in hammocks.
Names & Synonyms
Hypelate paniculata Cambess.and others
References (1)
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 352 (As Hypelate paniculata)
