Crepidospermum prancei
Daly
Prance crepidospermum
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit aril, Seeds
The fleshy aril and seeds are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the Burseraceae family bearing red fruit with a fleshy aril around the seed.
Names & Synonyms
Breu-branco, Copal blanco
References (4)
- Grandtner, M.M. & Chevrette, J., Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 208
- 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 277
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
