Quiina macrophylla
Tul.
Bigleaf quiina
OchnaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grow in moist forest.
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the Ochnaceae family (also classified in Quiinaceae), found in moist forests. It produces edible fruit.
Notes
Also put in the family Quiinaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Quiina schippii Standl.
References (3)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 559
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 184 (As Quiina schippii)
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
