Otholobium munyense

(J. F. Macbr.) J. W. Grimes

Guallua

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Flowers

The leaves are cooked and used in soups or salads. The flowers are also eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Ecuador, South America,

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

A tropical shrub in the legume family with multiple species represented across the genus.

There are at least 36 Otholobium sp.

References (2)

Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 355
Van den Eynden, V., et al, 2003, Wild Foods from South Ecuador. Economic Botany 57(4): 576-603 (As Otholobium sp.)