Protium polybotryum
(Turcz.) Engl.
BurseraceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The aril (fleshy layer around the seeds) is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname,
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the Burseraceae family producing fruits with an edible fleshy layer.
Names & Synonyms
Breu, Ivapichuna, Obapichuna, Que'jepo, Wingitage
Icica polybotrya Turcz.Protium polybotryum var. blackii SwartProtium polybotryum subsp. polybotryum
References (4)
- 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
- Kew Plants of the World onLine
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 265
