Coccoloba marginata

Benth.

Margined seagrape

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten fresh, though they are dry and astringent, and notably stain the mouth blue.

It is a tropical plant.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, South America, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela,

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

A scrambling shrub. The leaves are leathery. The fruit are reddish brown to black.

Names & Synonyms

Arehuequito, Baquerito, Bradilifi, Cipo-pau, Dukuadi-jodu, Etuburrucuaja, Guayapapon, Masari, Ocaiman, Pipoca, Una de gato, Vino huayo

Coccoloba guianensis Meisn.Coccoloba trinitatis LindauCoccoloba microneura Meisn.Uvifera guyanensis Kuntzeand others

References (4)

Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 148
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 249
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
van Andel, T., 2000, Useful plants of Guyana. Non-timber forest products of the North-West District of Guyana. Part 2. A Field Guide. Tropenbos-Guyana Programme. p 301