Quararibea wittii

K. Schum. & Ulbr.

Witt swizzlestick tree

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a tropical plant. In the Amazon it grows between 100-500 m above sea level.

Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical tree in the Malvaceae family found in the Amazon between 100-500 m above sea level, commonly called the Witt swizzlestick tree.

It has also been put in the family Bombacaceae. In the subfamily Bombacoideae.

Names & Synonyms

Bara muyo, Chucula caspi, Nenepekago, Nenepekawe, Yurac saputi, Yurak zapote, Zapotillo

References (5)

Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 558
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 733
Kew Plants of the World On line
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 252