Gustavia hexapetala
(Aubl.) Sm.
LecythidaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, Bolivia, Colombia, South America,
How to Identify
A tropical shrub in the Lecythidaceae family that produces edible fruit.
Names & Synonyms
Itauba, Mortecino, Yunishi
Eschweilera carrii Standl.Gustavia brasiliana DC.Gustavia eximia PittierGustavia fastuosa Willd.Japarandiba brasiliana (DC.) KuntzePirigara hexapetala Aubl.and others
References (3)
- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 40
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Zambrana, P, et al, 2017, Traditional knowledge hiding in plain sight – twenty-first century ethnobotany of the Chácobo in Beni, Bolivia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2017) 13:57
