Mucoa duckei
(Markgr.) Zarucchi
Ducke mucoa
ApocynaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the Apocynaceae family.
Names & Synonyms
Falso juansoco, Masho mucuna, Yahuarhuayo blanco
Ambelania markgrafiana Monach.Neocouma duckei Markgr.
References (4)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 424
- 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 553
- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 30
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia. (Also as Moutabea longifolia)
