Matelea rivularis

Woodson

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I. Huamantupa : Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco

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C. Dennis : Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department

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I. Huamantupa : Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco

What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are cooked and eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Amazon, Andes, Ecuador, South America,

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

A tropical vine in the Apocynaceae family (also classified in Asclepiadaceae) with edible leaves.

Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Towano, Tsemtsem

References (3)

Katz, E., et al, 2012, No greens in the forest? Note on the limited consumption of greens in the Amazon. Acta Soc Bot Pol 81(4):283–293
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 525
Torre, de la L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 174