Hymenopus glabriflorus

(Prance) Sothers & Prance

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The New York Botanical Garden

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Amazon, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical tree in the Chrysobalanaceae family.

Names & Synonyms

Macucu, Mucucu

Licania glabriflora Prance

References (2)

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 485 (As Licania glabriflora)
Kew Plants of the World onLine