Cavendishia pubescens
(Kunth) Hemsl.
Pubescent cavendishia
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in secondary forests between 1,600-3,000 m above sea level.
Amazon, Andes, Bolivia, Central America, Columbia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A small tree. It grows 7 m tall. The trunk is 20 cm across. There are many branches. Leaves and new branches are hairy. The leaves are simple and alternate or in spirals. They are oblong to swrord shaped and 12-30 cm long by 3-12 cm wide. They are rounded at the base and taper to the tip. The upper surface is dark green and shiny and they are pale underneath. The flowering shoots are 7.5 cm long and the flowers are in clusters. They are large and tube shaped. The fruit is an oblong berry 1-1.2 cm across. They are dark purple when ripe.
Names & Synonyms
Camaron, Camarona, Manzana, Manzanito, Uva de monte, Uvita, Uvito de monte, Uvito noble
References (9)
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- 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 200
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