Ceratostema loranthiflorum

Benth.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten raw.

It is a tropical plant. It has been recorded at 2,600 m above sea level.

Ecuador*, South America,

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

A shrub. It grows 1.5 m tall. Some stems hang down. The leaves are rough and dark green above but more pale underneath.

Names & Synonyms

Ceratostema chillacochense Danguy & Cherm.Englerodoxa loranthiflora (Benth.) A.C.Sm.

References (2)

Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 312
Van den Eynden, V., et al, 2003, Wild Foods from South Ecuador. Economic Botany 57(4): 576-603