Chomelia spinosa
Jacq.
Spiny chomelia
(c) Jean Carlo Barrantes Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jean Carlo Barrantes Rodríguez
(c) Jean Carlo Barrantes Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jean Carlo Barrantes Rodríguez
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows as an understorey plant is seasonally dry forests. It grows from sea level to 400 m above sea level.
Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-6 m tall. It has straight spines. Leaves are opposite. They are 4-9 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. They are egg shaped with a pointed tip. The flowers are cream to white. They have a scent. The fruit are green and black when ripe. They are 6-9 mm long by 3-6 mm wide. There are 2 seeds.
Production
In Central America plants fruit May to December.
Names & Synonyms
Chocolatico, Limoncillo, Malacaguite, Malcahuite
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 284
