Oxandra espintana
(Spruce ex Benth.) Baill.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (RBR)
Proyecto Madidi
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Fruit edible. The fruit is composed of 1 - 6, dark red to black, ellipsoid to globose monocarps around 7 - 17mm long and 5 - 12mm wide.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It is usually in non flooded forest. It grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level.
Amazon, Bolivia*, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A shrub or tree. It grows 2-30 m tall. The trunk can be 5-60 cm across. The leaves are 5-14 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. There are 1-6 fruit in a group. They are green but turn orange to red then dark red as they ripen. They are oval and 7-13 mm long by 5-10 mm wide.
How to Grow
The flowers are sweetly scented. Plants can flower and produce fruit all year round.
Medicinal Uses
The bark is cooked in water for one hour and used for treating rheumatism.
Other Uses
The wood is used in construction and for making furniture.
Production
Plants flower and fruit througout the year.
Names & Synonyms
Araticum do mato, Chaporoasca, Guacano, Juruqui, Piraquina negor, Rimo, Sipico yejperi, Sipucu, Sipiku negro
References (3)
- Junikka, L., et al, 2016, Revision of Oxandra (Annonaceae). Blumea 61, 2016: 215–266
- Kew Plants of the World onLine
- Rusby HH. 1920. Descriptions of three hundred new species of South American plants: 18–20. New York, published by the author.
