Pentagonia amazonica

(Ducke) L. Andersson & Rova

Amazonia pentagonia

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Andrew I. Gallardo : Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Zoology

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Chloe Takala : Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Zoology

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a tropical plant. It has been recorded at 400m above sea level. It grows in the Amazon rainforest.

Amazon, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, South America*,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela

A shrub or small tree in the Rubiaceae family found in tropical Amazon rainforest, recorded at elevations around 400m.

Names & Synonyms

Boyomo, Boyomue, Con'sin yayapacho, Fruto de mono chorongo, Huitillo, Huitillo chico, Hungaru, Mangayajecho

Pentagonia parvifolia Steyerm.Striolaria amazonica Ducke

References (3)

Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 487
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 627
Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 550