Alibertia stipularis

(Ducke) W. Schultze-Motel

Stipulate borojoa

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Amazon, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, South America,

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

A tropical tree in the family Rubiaceae (Rubia family) known by the common name Stipulate borojoa. The fruit is edible.

Names & Synonyms

Borojoa stipularis (Ducke) Cuatrec.Thieleodoxa stipularis Ducke

References (1)

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 138