Odontadenia nitida
(Vahl) Muell.Arg.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flavouring
Used as a flavouring.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A vine or creeper. It grows 15 m long. The stems are slender. The flowers are yellow. The sap is white. The fruit are follicles 19-22 cm long by 0.8 cm wide.
Names & Synonyms
Unhay uaponima
Angadenia nitida (Vahl) MiersEchtites nitidus VahlOdontadenia augustifolia A. DC.and others
References (3)
- Allorge-Boiteau, L., Flora of the Guianas. 140 Apocynaceae p 161
- Johnson, M. and Colquhoun, A., 1996, Preliminary Ethnobotanical Survey of Kurupukari: An Amerindian Settlement of Central Guyana. Economic Botany, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 182-194
- 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 577
