Ampelocera hottlei

(Standl.) Standl.

Guaya de monte

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten and sold in local markets.

It is a tropical plant.

Central America, Mexico, North America, Panama,

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

A tropical tree of the elm family (Ulmaceae) found in local markets for its edible fruit.

Source ↗

Ampelocera hottlei is a species of neotropical trees in the Ulmaceae family.

The fruit are sold in local markets.

Names & Synonyms

Aguacatillo, Cautivo, Cuerillo, Frijolillo, Luin, Wayam

Celtis hottlei Standl.

References (4)

Ibarra-Manriquez, G., et al, 1997, Useful Plants of the Los Tuxtlas Rain Forest (Veracruz, Mexico): Considerations of their Market Potential. Economic Botany, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 362-376
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 56
Piedra-Malagón, E. M., et al, 2022, Edible native plants of the Gulf of Mexico Province. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e80565 p 31
Segura, S., et al, 2018, The edible fruit species in Mexico. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2018) 65:1767–1793