Bellucia acutata

Pilg.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is edible.

It is a tropical plant. It grows up to 500 m above sea level.

Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, South America,

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

A shrub. It grows 5 m tall. The flowers are green with white tips. The fruit are green.

Names & Synonyms

Guayabilla

References (3)

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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