Macleania salapa

(Benth.) Hook. f. ex Hoerold

Joyapa blanca

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit, which are 15 mm across, are eaten raw.

It is a tropical plant. It grows between 2,160-3,400 m above sea level.

Ecuador, Peru, South America,

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

A shrub. It grows 3 m tall. It has a woody tuber 2 m across. The leaves are narrowly oval and 3-7 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The fruit are 15 mm across.

It is sold in local markets.

Names & Synonyms

Joyapa blanca, Joyapa morada, Salapa, Salapa blanca

Ceratostema salapa Benth.

References (5)

Mabberley, D.J. 1990. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the higher plants. Cambridge University Press. NY
Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 313
Van den Eynden, V., et al, 2003, Wild Foods from South Ecuador. Economic Botany 57(4): 576-603
Van den Eynden, V., 2004, Use and management of edible non-crop plants in southern Ecuador, Ph D dissertation. p 108
Van den Eynden, V., & Cueva, E., 2008, Las plantas en la alimentacion. Enciclopedia de las Plantas Utiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA & Herbario AAU. Quito & Aarhus. 2008: 62–66