Cnidoscolus maculatus

(Brandegee) Pax & K. Hoffm.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds

Seeds are edible.

A tropical plant.

Central America, Mexico, North America,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

A tropical shrub in the Euphorbiaceae family, native to tropical America.

There are 65 Cnidoscolus species in tropical America.

Names & Synonyms

Bad woman, Caribe

Jatropha maculata Brandegee

References (2)

Nabhan, G.P. & Felger, R.S., Wild desert relatives of crops: their direct uses as food in Wickens, G.E., Goodin, J.R., and Field, D.V.,(Eds.) 1985, Plants for Arid Lands. Unwin Hyman, London, p 26
Pio-Leon, J. F., et al, 2017, Prioritizing Wild Edible Plants of potential new crops based on Deciduous Forest traditional knowledge by a Rancher community. Botanical Sciences 95(1): 47-59