Malpighia fucata
Ker.-Gawl.
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Description
A tropical tree in the Malpighiaceae family.
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Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten.
Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Antilles, Central America, Jamaica, West Indies,
References (3)
- Bot. Reg. 3: t. 189. 1817
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 398
- 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 510
