Miconia chaetodon

Naudin

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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is edible.

It is a tropical plant.

South America, Venezuela,

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

A tropical shrub in the Melastomataceae family with edible fruit.

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 215