Sloanea dentata
L.
Dentate burrwood
ElaeocarpaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, Antilles, Brazil, Dominica, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, South America, West Indies,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, St Vincent, Venezuela
How to Identify
A tropical tree of the Elaeocarpaceae family with edible fruit.
Names & Synonyms
Urucurana
Apeiba dentata
Castanea sloanea Mill.Sloanea aubletii Sw. p.p.Sloanea dentata var. massoni (Sw.) StehleSloanea grandifolia Sm.Sloanea massoni Sw.Sloanea plumerii Aubl.Sloanea sinemariensis Sw. non Aubl.Sloanea truncata Urb.
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 610
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 609 (As Apeiba dentata)
- 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 808
