Protium pallidum
Cuatrec.
BurseraceaeFruit
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Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU-Plants)
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, Brazil, French Guiana, South America,
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the Burseraceae family with edible fruit.
Names & Synonyms
Breu-branco, White pitch
References (2)
- Brazil: Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition. http://www.b4fn.org/countries/brazil/
- 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 707
