Comarostaphylis longifolia

(Benth.) Klotzsch

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten fresh.

It is a subtropical plant.

Mexico,

Countries: Mexico

A shrub or small tree in the heath family (Ericaceae) native to subtropical regions, grown for its edible fruit.

Names & Synonyms

Madronillo, Tepemesquite

Arctostaphylos longifolia Benth.

References (3)

Farfan, B., et al, 2007, Mazahua Ethnobotany and Subsistence in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. Economic Botany 61(2) 2007, pp 173-191
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 255
Luteyn, J. L., et al, 1995, Ericaceae, Part II. The Superior-Ovaried Genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae P.P.) Flora Neotropica, Vol. 66, p. 180