Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum
(Ruiz & Pav.) Fagerl.
Guazutibaim
(c) Nils Servientis - Bivouac Naturaliste, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) Nils Servientis - Bivouac Naturaliste, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) Nils Servientis - Bivouac Naturaliste, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Fruit - raw. The cylindrical berry is light yellow with dark yellow stripes when ripe, 5 - 14cm (should this be mm?) long by 2 - 2.5cm wide.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests along rivers. It grows at low elevations in the tropics. It grows in forests along creeks and in marsh forests. In Cairns Botanical Gardens.
Amazon, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Panama, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,
How to Identify
An evergreen shrub. It grows 4 m tall. The fruit are oval berries 5-14 cm by 2-2.5 cm. They are light yellow with a dark yellow stripe. There are weak ribs along the fruit. The seeds are in 3 rows.
How to Grow
A plant of low elevations in the tropics.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum is a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to tropical South America.
Other Information
It is occasionally cultivated.
Names & Synonyms
Azucna-branco, Azucena-estrella, Estrela-do-norte, Huitillo, Huitoto, Namakia tsacik, Sucena
References (10)
- Fern, K., 2012, Tropical Species Database http://theferns.info/tropical/
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 571
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 547 (As Randia ruiziana)
- 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 757
- Prodr. 4:388. 1830 (As Randia ruiziana)
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- TodaFruta.com.br (As Randia ruiziana)
- Usher, 1974, (As Randia ruiziana)
- van Roosmalen, M.G.M., 1985, Fruits of the Guianan Flora. Utrecht Univ. & Wageningen Univ. p 386 (As Randia ruiziana)
- www.colecionandofrutas.org
