Manilkara excelsa
(Ducke) Standl.
SapotaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit, Latex
The fruit and latex are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It can grow in occasionally flooded forests.
Amazon, Brazil, South America,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 40 m tall. The trunk can be 70 cm across. There are 5-10 flowers in a group. The fruit are broadly oval and 1.5-2.5 cm long by 1.3-2 cm wide. They are yellowish-green. There is one seed.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Manilkara excelsa is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Brazil, and threatened by habitat loss.
Names & Synonyms
Macaranduba, Maparajuba
Mimusops excelsa Ducke
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 520
- Van Roosmalen, M.G.M., & Garcia, O. M., 2000, Fruits of the Amazonian Forest. Part 2: Sapotaceae. Acta Amazonica 30(2): 187-290
