Pseudolmedia glabrata
(Liebm.) C. C. Berg.
Glabrate false olmedia
MoraceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
It is stated that the seeds are edible, and that they are utilized for making a kind of tortilla, but it may be that there is here some confusion with the genus Brosimum.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the rainforest and in the cloud forest. In Mexico it grows between 160-1,800 m above sea level.
Belize, Central America, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A medium sized tree. It grows 6-30 m tall. Plants are separately male and female.
How to Grow
A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.
Other Uses
The wood is used in construction.
Names & Synonyms
Manash, Manax, Ojoche, Ramon de mico, Tepetomate, Tsotsax, Tsotsash
Brosimum ramonense Standl.Pseudolmedia malacocarpa Standl. & L. O. WilliamsPseudolmedia mollis Standl.Pseudolmedia oxyphyllaria Donn.Sm.Pseudolmedia simiarum Standl. & Steyerm.Trophis glabrata Liebm.
References (5)
- Gonzalez-Espinosa, M. et al, 2011, The Red List of Mexican Cloud Forest Trees. Flora and Fauna International, Cambridge. p 109
- Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants
- 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)
- Piedra-Malagón, E. M., et al, 2022, Edible native plants of the Gulf of Mexico Province. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e80565 p 25
- Segura, S., et al, 2018, The edible fruit species in Mexico. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2018) 65:1767–1793
