Rheedia longifolia

Triana & Planch.

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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, Peru, South America,

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

A tropical tree in the Clusiaceae family with yellow fruit.

Names & Synonyms

Bahoeri, Charichuelo

References (2)

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 741
Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 188