Dracontium pittieri
Engl.
ArecaceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Tuber, Root
The corm or tuber is boiled and eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Central America, Costa Rica,
Countries: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
How to Identify
A tropical herb in the Arecaceae family with an edible tuber or corm.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Dracontium pittieri is a species of flowering plant native to Costa Rica. It is similar in appearance to Dracontium gigas, but has a substantially longer peduncle, which is the longest of any plant in its genus, between five and eight times the length of its spathe.
Names & Synonyms
Hombron
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 320
