Chaunochiton loranthoides

Benth.

American hog plum

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Bark ash - salt

The bark is burnt and the resulting ash provides a vegetable salt substitute.

It is a tropical plant. It grows at about 100 m above sea level.

Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, South America, Venezuela,

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

A tropical tree in the Olacaceae family with broad, simple leaves, found at approximately 100 m above sea level.

Names & Synonyms

Achumuco, Buiregue, Palo sal, Viirigi

References (3)

Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 124
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 214
Kew Plants of the World Online