Leptobalanus longistylus
(Hook.f.) Sothers & Prance
ChrysobalanaceaeFruit
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Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU-Plants)
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The New York Botanical Garden
The New York Botanical Garden
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The ripe fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the Chrysobalanaceae family with brown fruit.
Names & Synonyms
Licania longistyla (Hook.f.) FritschMoquilea longistyla Hook.f.
References (4)
- Kew Plants of the World onLine
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 110 (As Licania longistyla)
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia. (As Licania longistyla)
- Sother & Prance, 2016, Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 26
