Duroia saccifera
(Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) K. Schum.
RubiaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are cooked and eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A small tropical tree in the Rubiaceae family.
Names & Synonyms
Cabeca-de-urubu, Hormiga caspi, Purui, Purui-de-mata
Amaioua saccifera Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
References (4)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 213
- 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 325
- Paz, F. S., et al, 2021, Edible Fruit Plant Species in the Amazon Forest Rely Mostly on Bees and Beetles as Pollinators. Journal of Economic Entomology, XX(XX), 2021, 1–13
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
