Coussapoa duquei

Standl.

Dugue coussapoa

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is edible.

It is a tropical plant.

Andes, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America*,

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

A tropical tree in the Urticaceae family that grows as an epiphyte attached to other plants, with edible fruit.

Names & Synonyms

Patudo

Coussapoa apoda Mildbr.

References (3)

Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 170
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 607