Erisma calcaratum
(Link) Warm.
VochysiaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Brazil, Peru, South America,
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the Vochysiaceae family with edible fruit.
Medicinal Uses
The fruits are oily and resolutive. They are used to treat skin infections, dermatoses, fever, malaria.
Other Uses
The seeds are the source of 'Jaboty butter' or 'Jaboty tallow'. This is used for making candles and soap. The seed is collected for industrial use. The fruit, rather suggesting a pipe, is 4 - 6cm long, 2 - 3cm thick, ligneous, glabrous, with one seed 3 - 5 cm. long, 15 - 20mm thick. The soft, coarse, dirty white wood is without value.
Names & Synonyms
Cacahuillo, Jabuit, Quillo sisa
Debraea violacea (Mart.) Mart. & Zucc. ex Steud.Ditmaria violacea (Mart.) Spreng.Erisma violaceum Mart.Qualea calcarata Link.
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 340
