Styrax glaber

Sw.

Glabrous snowbell

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Styrax glaber
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Styrax glaber
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Styrax glaber
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(c) Lisa Appelbaum, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Brazil, Guyana, Lesser Antilles, South America, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela,

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

How to Identify

A tropical tree in the Styracaceae family with edible fruit.

Names & Synonyms

Aliboufier glabre, Bois dore, Laurier-orange, Laurier-madame, Olivo montanero, Soekroe oedoe

Morisonia imrayi Griseb.Styrax costanus Steyerm.Styrax fanshawei SandwithStyrax glaber var. micranthus PerkinsStyrax micrasterus PerkinsStyrax occidentalis Sw. ex Thunb.Styrax roraimae PerkinsStyrax subleprosum KlotzschStyrax tepuiensis Steyerm. & Maguire
References (1)
  • Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 634

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