Codonanthe crassifolia
(H. Focke) C. V. Morton
GesneriaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The white berries are collected and eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Peru, South America*, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A small shrub. It grows 20-30 cm tall. It can grow attached to other plants. The leaves are simple and opposite. They are oval. The flowers are tube shaped and white. The fruit are white berries. They are collected from off the ground.
How to Grow
Plants grow from seeds.
Production
It flowers throughout the year but most fruit occur in the rainy season.
Names & Synonyms
Barfod, A. S. & Kvist, L. P., 1996, Comparative Ethnobotanical Studies of the Amerindian Groups in Coastal Ecuador. The Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. p 78
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 365
