Gonolobus niger

(Cav.) Schult.

Black flowered gonolobus

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

Immature fruits are eaten with maize dough and spices.

It is a tropical plant.

Central America, Guatemala, Mexico,

Countries: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador

A tropical shrub in the Apocynaceae family with leaves 6-16 cm long by 3-9 cm wide. It produces edible fruit.

Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Cahuayote, Chompipe, Chupipe, Coy, Talayote, Uyk

Cynanchum nigrum Cav.Vincetoxicum cavanillesii Standl.

References (4)

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 395
Piedra-Malagón, E. M. et al, 2022, Edible native plants of the Gulf of Mexico Province. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e80565 p 9
Segura, S. et al, 2018, The edible fruit species in Mexico. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2018) 65:1767–1793
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew