Brownea rosa-de-monte

Bergius

Clavellino

FabaceaeFruit
Brownea rosa-de-monte
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Central America, Colombia, Panama, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela

How to Identify

A tropical tree in the Fabaceae family.

Wikipedia

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Brownea rosa-de-monte is a tree in the family Fabaceae, native to Central America and Colombia. Its flowers may bloom for a duration of just one night.

Notes

Also as Caesalpinaceae.

Names & Synonyms
Galeano, G., 2000, Forest Use at the Pacific Coast of Choco, Colombia: A Quantitative Approach. Economic Botany, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 358-376 Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.

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