Icacinaceae

35 edible species

Tropical trees and shrubs producing edible fruits like plums and some timber species.

Alsodeiopsis rowlandii

Edible: Roots

Alsodeiopsis schumannii

Edible: Fruit

Alsodeiopsis staudtii

Bonsa-dua

Edible: Fruit

Apodytes dimidiata

White pear

Edible: Leaves, Bark, Fruit

Calatola costaricensis

Costa Rica calatola, Catola

Edible: Seeds, Nuts

Calatola laevigata

Palo de Papa, Smooth calatola

Edible: Kernels, Nuts

Calatola uxpanapensis

Edible: Fruit

Cantleya corniculata - (Becc.) R.A.Howard

Daru

Edible: Fruit

Casimirella ampla

Edible: Tuber, Root

Casimirella rupestris

Edible: Tubers

Cassinopsis ilicifolia

Lemon thorn, Spiny cassinopsis

Edible: Fruit

Emmotum acuminatum

Acuminate emmotum

Edible: Fruit

Emmotum fagifolium

Edible: Fruit

Edible: ?

Edible: Leaves

Liu zhi wei hua teng

Edible: Fruit

Lasianthera africana

Edible: Leaves, Caution, Vegetable

Mappianthus iodoides

Setting heart vine

Edible: Fruit

Natsiatum herpeticum

Edible: Leaves

Oecopetalum greenmanii

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Pennantia corymbosa

Kaikomako

Edible: Fruit

Phytocrene gigantea

Fountain tree

Edible: Sap

Phytocrene palmata

Palmate-leaf phytocrene

Edible: Sap - water

Pittosporopsis kerrii

False pittosporum, Jai hai tong

Edible: Seeds, Fruit

Polyporandra scandens

Dodofu

Edible: Leaves

Poraqueiba guianensis

Guianas poraqueiba

Edible: Fruit

Poraqueiba paraensis

Umari, Marizeira

Edible: Starch, Oil, Fruit, Seeds

Poraqueiba sericea

Silky poraqueiba

Edible: Fruit, Starch, Seeds - oil, Leaves - tea

Pyrenacantha kaurabassana

Edible: Fruit, Ash- salt, Tuber, Root, Vegetable, Leaves

Pyrenacantha scandens

Edible: Leaves

Pyrenacantha spp.

Mchende

Edible: Fruit

Rhaphiostylis beninensis

Edible: Seeds, Leaves

Rhyticaryum elegans

Edible: Seeds

Rhyticaryum longifolium

Nu-marrio, Kame game

Edible: Leaves

Sarcostigma kleinii

Edible: Fruit, Leaves