Gloeospermum sphaerocarpum
Triana & Planch.
Guacatungarana
ViolaceaeFruit
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, Andes, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, South America*, Suriname, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A small tree in the Violaceae family, growing 2–3 m tall. It is found in tropical regions.
Names & Synonyms
Hague, Huesito, Kunkuim nujut, Pepito, Perdiz pununa, Sacha kaspi, Ujukma yutan, Yekiremo, Yekydemo, Yekyremo
Gloeospermum sphaerocarpum var. latifolium Melch.
References (6)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 266
- 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 392
- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 53
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 620
- www.colecionandofrutas.org
