Symplocos serrulata

Humb. & Bonpl.

Serrulate sweetleaf

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

Fruit - the pulp is eaten. The dark bluish-purple, cylindrical to ellipsoid fruit is around 20 - 30mm × 15 - 20mm.

It is a tropical plant. It grows between 2,000-3,000 m above sea level.

Andes, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, 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 tropical tree in the Symplocaceae family, growing at elevations of 2,000-3,000 m.

Names & Synonyms

Azajar, Fruta de pava, Papa de pava

Eugenioides serrulatum KuntzeSymplocos bradei Brand ex SleumerSymplocos irazuensis Cufod.Symplocos tomentosa Bonpl.

References (4)

Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 645
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 845
Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 52
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.