Macleania coccoloboides
A. C. Smith
EricaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows between 1,780-3,350 m above sea level.
Ecuador, South America,
How to Identify
A shrub. It grows 1-3 m tall. It often grows from a woody tuber 30 cm across. The leaves are broadly oval and 6-15 cm long by 4-10 cm wide. The flowers are in a congested group of 4-10 flowers in the axils of the leaves. The fruit is 1 cm across and dark blue-black.
References (1)
- Dastmalchi, K. et al, 2011, Edible Neotropical Blueberries: Antioxidant and Compositional Fingerprint Analysis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 59: 3020-3026
