Pseudanamomis umbellulifera
(Kunth) Kausel
Monos plum, Little umbel false anamomis
Wikimedia Commons - Photo by David J. Stang
Wikimedia Commons - Photo by David J. Stang
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Fruit - raw or cooked. A small, yellow, ellipsoid fruit, about 25 - 30mm in diameter, with a juicy, sweet but insipid pulp.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It suits the hot tropical lowlands. It grows in areas with a medium to high rainfall. It can tolerate a range of soils conditions. It can tolerate light frost.
Caribbean, Central America, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Hispaniola, North America, Puerto Rico, South America, Trinidad, USA, Venezuela, West Indies,
How to Identify
A medium sized shrub. It grows 5 m tall. The fruit are small and yellow with juicy sweet pulp. They are oval and 3 cm across. The flesh is yellow to orange. They have one seed inside.
How to Grow
Plants are grown from seed.
Production
Fruit are produced in 3-5 years. There are often 2 crops of fruit per year.
Other Information
It is cultivated.
Names & Synonyms
Cereza de mono, Ciruelas, Ciruelillo, Paiju de amu, Pauji
References (12)
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- NYBG herbarium "edible"
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