Naucleopsis ulei

(Warb.) Ducke

Balsamo, Ule naucleopsis

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The sweet fruit are edible.

It is a tropical plant. It grows from sea level to 1,500 m above sea level.

Amazon, Andes, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guiana, Panama, Peru, South America, Trinidad and Tobago,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela

A small tropical tree in the Moraceae family with sweet fruit, found from sea level to 1,500 m above sea level.

The bitter latex is used locally as a febrifuge.

Names & Synonyms

Amaca, Awekatobo, Balsamo, Batawa, Batawe, Cabezita, Capinuri, Chihuila, Ibamoe, Muiratinga, Pininu, Sayaro, Tapakamebeyidi, Veneno

Acanthosphaera amara (Ducke) DuckeAcanthosphaera ulei Warb.Naucleopsis amara DuckeOgcodela amara (Ducke) DuckeOgcodela ulei (Warb.) J. F. Macbr.

References (9)

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Etkin, N. L. (Ed.), 1994, Eating on the Wild Side, Univ. of Arizona. p 140 (As Ogcodeia ulei)
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 441
Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 43
Macbride, J. F., 1937, Flora of Peru, Part 2, No. 2. Field Museum of Natural History. Vol. 13, p 320 (As Ogcodeia ulei)
Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 45
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 453