Ecclinusa bullata
Pennington
Balata
Sapotaceae Edible: Latex
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
A tropical tree in the Sapotaceae family found in tropical America.
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Edible Uses
The latex is mixed with chicle.
Traditional Uses
Latex mixed with chicle.
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Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Brazil, South America, Venezuela,
Notes
There are 11 Ecclinisia in tropical America.
Also Known As
Conquirana-de-pelo, Cuquirana, Irana, Pendare, Pendare de sapo
References (3)
- 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 326
- Pennington, T.D., 1990, Sapotaceae in Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. New York Botanical Gardens. p 634
- Smith, N., Mori, S.A., et al, 2004, Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. Princeton. p 342
