Heteropsis flexuosa

(Kunth) G. S. Bunting

Otome

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Heteropsis flexuosa
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruits are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

How to Identify

A taro family herb. It is a climbing plant that grows attached to other plants.

Names & Synonyms

Cipo-titica, Otome, Tanshi

Anthurium flexuosum (Kunth) KunthPothos flexuosus Kunth
References (3)
  • 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 416 (As Heteropsis sp.)
  • 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 184

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