Protium pittieri
(Rose) Engl.
BurseraceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Central America, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, South America,
How to Identify
A shrub or tree. It grows up to 8 m high. The leaves have an odd number of leaflets. The leaves are 35-48 cm long. The flowers are in panicles in the axils of leaves. Flowers are yellow. The fruit are oblong and 3-4 cm long by 2-3 cm wide.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Protium pittieri (Spanish: alcanfor) is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is native to Guerrero state in southwestern Mexico, to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama in Central America, and to Ecuador in South America. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Names & Synonyms
Irica pittieri RoseTetragastris tomentosa D. M. Porter
References (2)
- Kew Plants of the World onLine
- Woodson, R. E., et al, 1970, Flora of Panama. Part 6, Family 91. Burseraceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol. 57, No. 1. p. 13
