Rhigospira quadrangularis
(Muell. Arg.) Miers
Quadrangular rhigopsira
ApocynaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit flesh is edible and can be eaten fresh.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet forest on non flooded sites up to 500 m above sea level.
Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 30 m high. The leaves are stiff and rough. They are 10-20 cm long by 5-8 cm wide. The flowers are white and have a smell. The fruit is a berry. It is oval and 8-10 cm long by 4-7 cm wide. The pulp is red. The flesh is edible.
Names & Synonyms
Aratani-yek, Aria, Ariue, Azantani-yeh, otare, Cumarana, Goiaba de anta, Guayaba de monte, Guayabo de danta, Juansoco de danta, Shun-da-ka, Sumuraka ddo, Yahuar huayo colorado, Yahuarhuayo colorado
Ambelania quadrangularis Muell. Arg.Hancornia macrophylla Spruce ex Mull.Arg.
References (9)
- Daly, D. C., An Index of Common Names of Plants in Acre, Brazil. New York Botanical Garden Universidade Federal do Acre.
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 566
- 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 740
- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 30
- NYBG herbarium "edible"
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 241 (As Ambelania quadrangularis)
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Spichiger, R., et al, 1990, Contribucion a la Flora de la Amazonia Peruana. Boissiera 44. p 412
- Vasquez, R. and Gentry, A. H., 1989, Use and Misuse of Forest-harvested Fruits in the Iquitos Area. Conservation Biology 3(4): 350f
