Iryanthera ulei — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

A tropical plant.

Amazon, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, South America*,

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

A large tree in the Myristicaceae family native to tropical regions.

Names & Synonyms

Agua monkawe, Huirisaca, Teyedebe, Weikawe

References (5)

Etkin, N. L. (Ed.), 1994, Eating on the Wild Side, Univ. of Arizona. p 138, 157
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 451
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 459
Vasquez, R. and Gentry, A. H., 1989, Use and Misuse of Forest-harvested Fruits in the Iquitos Area. Conservation Biology 3(4): 350f