Dacryodes uruts-kunchae
D. C. Daly & M. C. Martinez
BurseraceaeFruit
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C. Dennis : Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
C. Dennis : Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows on acidic sandstone plateaus.
Andes, Ecuador, Peru, South America,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 5-28 m tall. The trunk is 10-30 cm across. The bark is whitish. The leaves have 2-5 leaflets. The leaflets at the base are 3-7 cm long by 2-4 cm wide.
Names & Synonyms
Ujus, Ujush, Ujuts, Uruts kunchai
References (1)
- Daly, D. C., et al, 2012, An ecologically significant new species of Dacryodes from the northern Andes. Studies in neotropical Burseraceae XV. Brittonia, 64(1), 2012, pp. 49–56
