Blakea bracteata

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Bracteate blakea

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Amazon, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, South America*,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical creeping shrub in the Melastomataceae family with edible fruit.

Names & Synonyms

Bagague, Bagawe. Ewewi, Chanchek, Ewegui, Huasca payatsi, Ogo-ywegana, Shashak, Shiwiar, Waska payansu

Blakea bracteata subsp. ecuadorensis Wurdack

References (3)

Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 66
Kew Plants of the World On line
Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 422