Duroia genipoides

Hook. f. ex K. Schum.

Komaramara

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Amazon, Bolivia, Colombia, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A small tropical tree in the Rubiaceae family.

Names & Synonyms

Sapequeiro

References (3)

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 324
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.