Edible Plant Database

Potentilla rupestris

Prairie tea, Rock cinquefoil, Khaltalsa, Polvoi-tchai

Rosaceae

Edible: Leaves - tea

Pothos hellwigii

Araceae

Edible: Leaves - salt

Pothos papuanus

Araceae

Edible: Fruit, Shoots

Pourouma floccosa

Floccose pourouma

Urticaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pourouma herrerensis

Herrera pourouma

Urticaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pourouma hirsutipetiolata

Hairy petiole pourouma

Urticaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pourouma napoensis

Napo pourouma

Urticaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pourouma petiolulata

Petiolulate pourouma

Urticaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pourouma spp.

Urticaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pourouma ulei

Ule pourouma

Urticaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pourouma velutina

Velvety pourouma

Urticaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria adolfi-friederici

Sosi

Sapotaceae

Edible: Seeds for oil, Fruit

Pouteria adolfi-friederici subsp. australis

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit, Seeds - oil

Pouteria arguacoensium

Colombia pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria australis

Black Apple, Wild Plum, Yellow Buttonwood

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria bilocularis

Bilocular pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria bracteata

Bracteate pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria brevipetiolata

Chiche

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria campechiana

Egg fruit tree, Canistel

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit, Kernel, Nuts

Pouteria cayennensis

Cayenne pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria collina

Caimitillo

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria cordiformis

Heartshaped pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria coriacea

Haimara eye

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria dominigensis

Jocuma

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria durlandii

Lucumito, Durland pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria elegans

Abiurana, Graceful pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria engleri

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria gardneriana

Aguai

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria glauca

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria gomphiifolia

Abiurana de baixo

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria gongrijpii

Gongrip pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria hispida

Hispid pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria jariensis

Abiu, Guajara, Zolive

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria krukovii

Krukoff pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria longifolia

Lucma, Longleaf pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria lucumifolia

Lucumaleaf pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria maclayana

Nyatoh maclayana tree

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria maguirei

Maguire pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria migonei

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria multiflora

Bully tree, Choky apple

Sapotaceae

Edible: Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 3238 Fouqué, A., 1972, Espèces fruitières d'Amérique tropicale. Institut français de recherches fruitierès outre-mer (ifac) Galeano, G., 2000, Forest Use at the Pacific Coast of Choco, Colombia: A Quantitative Approach. Economic Botany, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 358-376 (Could be pig food!) Grandtner, M. M., 2008, World Dictionary of Trees. Wood and Forest Science Department. Laval University, Quebec, Qc Canada. (Internet database http://www.wdt.qc.ca) Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 527 Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 693 Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 51 Penafield Anchundia, D. D., 2017, Traditional food consumption and its nutritional contribution in Guasaganda, Central Ecuador. PhD Ghent University p 72 Pennington, T.D., 1990, Sapotaceae in Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. New York Botanical Gardens. p 391 Pilz, G. E., 1981, Sapotaceae of Panama. Annals of Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol. 68. No. 1 p 177 (As Pouteria carabobensis) Recueil Trav. Bot. Neerl. 33:164. 1936 Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia. Smith, N., et al, 2007, Amazon River Fruits. Flavors for Conservation. Missouri Botanical Gardens Press. p 234 Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 573 Vasquez, R. and Gentry, A. H., 1989, Use and Misuse of Forest-harvested Fruits in the Iquitos Area. Conservation Biology 3(4): 350f www.colecionandofrutas.org

Pouteria pariry

Pariri

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria penicillata

Fine-leaved kamahora

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria pierrei

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria plicata

Plicate pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria polysepala

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria putamen-ovi

Micuna pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria sagotiana

Sagot pouteria

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit

Pouteria scabritesta

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit ?