Pithecellobium lanceolatum
(Willd.) Benth.
Buche
FabaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit - aril
The aril (fleshy layer around the seeds) in the fruit pod is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Andes, Belize, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the legume family (Fabaceae) that produces long seed pods with a fleshy layer around the seeds.
Notes
Also as Mimosaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Abracade, Ahoga-gato, Buche, Conchi, Espino de vaca, Guamuchil ahogadorm Humo, Laguadri, Michiwiste, Naure, Oroce, Orore, Peleple, Pintacanillo
Feuilleea ligustrina (jacq.) KuntzeInga lanceolata Willd.Inga ligustrina (Jacq.) Willd.Mimosa lanceolata (Willd.) Poir.Mimosa lanceolata Jacq.
Mimosa ligustrina Jacq.Pithecellobium insigne Micheli ex Donn. Sm.Pithecellobium ligustrinum (Jacq.) Benth.Pithecellobium winzerlingii Britton & Rose
References (7)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 510
- 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 669
- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 39
- Martin, F. W., et al, 1987, Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics. USDA Handbook 642 p 99
- Piedra-Malagón, E. M., et al, 2022, Edible native plants of the Gulf of Mexico Province. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e80565 p 23
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Segura, S., et al, 2018, The edible fruit species in Mexico. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2018) 65:1767–1793
