Coussapoa asperifolia

Trecul

Wax fruit

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is edible.

It is a tropical plant.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, South America*,

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

A tropical tree in the nettle family (Urticaceae) that often grows as an epiphyte attached to other trees.

Names & Synonyms

Matapalo, Tuntuma anku

Coussapoa cayennensis A. D. HawkesCoussapoa ficina Standl.

References (3)

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 607
www.colecionandofrutas.org