Palicourea rigida
Kunth
RubiaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Many seed-dispersing animals have specialized digestive systems to process fruits, which leave seeds intact. Some bird species have shorter intestines to rapidly pass seeds from fruits, while some frugivorous bat species have longer intestines. Some seed-dispersing frugivores have short gut-retention times, and others can alter intestinal enzyme composition when eating different types of fruits.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,
How to Identify
Palicourea rigida is a tropical tree in the Rubiaceae family.
Names & Synonyms
Ahuara macha
Palicourea aurata Mart.Palicourea diuretica Mart.Palicourea sonans Mart.Palicourea strepens Mart.Psychotria byrsophylla Spreng.Psychotria rigida Bredem. ex Schult.Uragoga rigida (Bredem. ex Schult.) Kuntzeand others
References (4)
- Kew Plants of the World Online
- 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
- Zambrana, P & Bussmann, (Eds.), 2017, La Etnobotanica de los Chacobo en El Siglo 21. Peru. p 26
