Macroscepis aurea

E. Fourn.

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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in seasonally dry areas.

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, South America,

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

A climbing vine in the Apocynaceae family found in subtropical, seasonally dry areas, bearing edible fruit.

Names & Synonyms

Nankawirananka, Supu-ananka

References (1)

Montani, M. C. & Scarpa, G. F., 2016, Recursos vegetales y prácticas alimentarias entre indígenas tapiete del noreste de la provincia de Salta, Argentina. Darwiniana, nueva serie vol.4 no.1 San Isidro jul. 2016