Matisia putumayensis

(Cuatrec.) Cuatrec

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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | NSF/Mellon - GPI

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Brazil, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical tree in the Malvaceae family (formerly classified in Bombacaceae, subfamily Bombacoideae) with edible fruit.

Also put in the family Bombacaceae. In the subfamily Bombacoideae.

Names & Synonyms

Quararibea putumayensis (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec,

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 179 (As Quararibea putumayensis)