Metteniusa nucifera
(Pittier) Sleumer
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Cathie Jagasia : Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Cathie Jagasia : Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
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Rapid Reference Collection (RRC) | Field Museum of Natural History - Keller Science Action Center
Rapid Reference Collection (RRC) | Field Museum of Natural History - Keller Science Action Center
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit, Seeds
The seeds and fruit are cooked and eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Colombia, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 8-12 m tall. The leaves are simple and broad. They are alternate. The leaves are 10-20 cm long by 4.5-8 cm wide. They taper at the tip. The fruit are fleshy and 3.5 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. The seed is 2.3 cm long.
Names & Synonyms
Macagua, Urupagua
Aveledoa nucifera Pittier
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 535
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.