Miconia holosericea
(L.) DC.
Silky maya
MelastomataceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guianas, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, North America, Panama, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Uruguay, St Vincent, Venezuela
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the Melastomataceae family.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Miconia holosericea is a species of shrub or tree in the family Melastomataceae. It is native to North and South America.
Names & Synonyms
Bimichexe, Boyuyo palo de vieja, La yerba de la mancha, Mesoepoe, Pied bois, Rifari hoja grande, Sirin, Waraia
Diplochita bracteata DC.Diplochita mucronata (Desr.) DC.Melastoma holosericeum L.Melastoma mucronata Desr.Miconia mucronata (Desr.) Naudin
References (4)
- Grandtner, M. M., 2008, World Dictionary of Trees. Wood and Forest Science Department. Laval University, Quebec, Qc Canada. (Internet database http://www.wdt.qc.ca)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 402
- 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 537
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
