Miconia ligustrina

(Sm.) Triana

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

It is a tropical plant.

Andes, Colombia, South America,

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

A tropical shrub in the Melastomataceae family with edible fruit.

Names & Synonyms

Esmeraldo

Melastoma ligustrina Sm.

References (3)

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 537
Kew Plants of the World onLine
Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 42