Matisia lomensis
(Cuatrec.) Cuatrec
Malvaceae Edible: Fruit
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C. Dennis : Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
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I. Huamantupa : Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco
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I. Huamantupa : Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco
Description
A tropical tree in the mallow family (Malvaceae), historically also classified in the Bombacaceae family under the subfamily Bombacoideae.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Colombia, Panama, Peru, South America,
Notes
Also put in the family Bombacaceae. In the subfamily Bombacoideae.
Synonyms
Quararibea lomensis Cuatrec.
References (5)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2772 (As Quararibea lomensis)
- Kew Plants of the World On line
- 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., Mori, S.A., et al, 2004, Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. Princeton. p 57 (As Quararibea lomensis)
- Torre, de la L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 250
