Miconia leptopus
(Triana ex Triana) Michelang. & R. Goldenb.
MelastomataceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, South America,
How to Identify
A small tropical shrub in the Melastomataceae family with edible fruit.
Names & Synonyms
Mullaquilla
Clidemia capillaris D. DonClidemia leptopus Mart. ex TrianaOssaea capillaris Cogn.Ossaea leptopus Triana
References (1)
- 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 595 (As Ossaea capillaris)
