Pourouma spp. — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten.

A tropical plant.

Amazon, Central America, 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 tree in the Urticaceae family that produces edible fruit.

Also put in the family Cecropiaceae and Moraceae.

References (3)

Etkin, N. L. (Ed.), 1994, Eating on the Wild Side, Univ. of Arizona. p 140
Smith, N., Mori, S.A., et al, 2004, Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. Princeton. p 94
van Roosmalen, M.G.M., 1985, Fruits of the Guianan Flora. Utrecht Univ. & Wageningen Univ. p 310