Malvaviscus concinnus

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Brazil, Central America, El Salvador, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela

A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-8 m tall. The leaves are 7-20 cm tall by 4-14 cm wide. The fruit are white and 2 cm across.

Names & Synonyms

Achania concinna Spreng.Malvaviscus populifolius C. Presl.and several others

References (1)

Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 178 (As Malvaviscus populifolius)