Blakea subconnata

O. Berg ex Triana

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Flower nectar

The flower nectar is consumed.

It is a tropical plant.

Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, 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 creeping tropical shrub in the Melastomataceae family that grows attached to other plants, with edible flower nectar.

Names & Synonyms

Itayo, Kaa mallu chuwa, Paiku

References (3)

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 81
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Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 422