Lacistema aggregatum
(P. J. Bergius) Rusby
LacistemataceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, South America, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tropical shrub in the Lacistemataceae family with edible fruit.
Names & Synonyms
Apuizinho, Bari djwa, Cafecillo, Me kre ka ko, Pailde, Sardineira-branca
Lacistema aggregatum var. elongatum MaguireLacistema angustum Schnizl.Lacistema bolivianum Gand.Lacistema coriaceum A. DC.Lacistema curtum J.F. Macbr.Lacistema elongatum Schnizl.Lacistema floribundum Miq.Lacistema guyanense Gand.Lacistema myricoides Sw.Lacistema myricoides var. stipitatum A. DC.Lacistema oblongum Spreng.Lacistema occidentale Cuatrec.Lacistema orinocense BaehniLacistema pacificum Cuatrec.Lacistema poeppigii A. DC.Lacistema purpureum (Ruiz & Pav.) A. DC.Lacistema recurvum Schnizl.Lacistema rosidiscum J.F. Macbr.Lacistema weberbaueri BaehniNematospermum laevigatum Rich.Piper aggregatum P.J. BergiusPiper fasciculare RudgeSynzyganthera purpurea Ruiz & Pav.
References (5)
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- 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 465
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- 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 385
