Pourouma bicolor subsp. chocoana

(Standl.) C. C. Berg. & Heusden

Choco bicolor Pourouma

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are edible.

It is a tropical plant.

Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, South America,

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 tropical tree in the Urticaceae family (also classified in Cecropiaceae and Moraceae) with edible fruit.

Also put in the family Cecropiaceae and Moraceae.

Names & Synonyms

Cuabar, Guagai, Guagay, Guarumo uva, Mangabe, Sirpo, Uva

Pourouma chocoana Standl.Pourouma johstonii Woodson

References (3)

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 520
Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 609