Renealmia nicolaioides
Loesener
Wekiho
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Description
A ginger family herb (Zingiberaceae) found in tropical regions, cultivated for its fruit.
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Edible Uses
Fruit - edible. A sweet flavour. The ellipsoid to globose, orange fruit is 15 - 40mm long and 13 - 30mm wide, containing 50 - 200 seeds.
Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South Americ*a, Venezuela,
Other Uses
The fruit, which has a thick, fleshy, purple-black flesh, is used to make an ink.
Other Information
It is cultivated.
Also Known As
Huequijo, Kumpia, Nona nomongay, Sarandango, Tenteganibo, Widikonkawe
References (4)
- Bennett, B. C., 1990, Useful Plants of Amazonian Ecuador. US Agency for International Development. Fifth Progress Report. New York Botanical Gardens. p 40
- Etkin, N. L. (Ed.), 1994, Eating on the Wild Side, Univ. of Arizona. p 141, 158
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 624
