Sabicea villosa

Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

Rubiaceae Edible: Fruit 56 iNaturalist observations

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Summary

Sabicea villosa, the woolly woodvine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a perennial dicot with both vine and shrub growth habits that prefers wetlands locations. It is a native plant of Puerto Rico, Central America and South America. Sabicea villosa grows in the rainforest ecosystem on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal that is currently being studied by scientists from the Smithsonean Tropical Research Institute.

Description

A slightly woody vine. It grows 5 m long. The stems are green and 5 mm across. The leaves are opposite and 6-12 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. They are narrowly oval. The flowers are in clusters in the axils of leaves and do not have stalks. The flowers are white, tube shaped and 6-7 mm long. The fruit is a round berry. The fruit are dark red to purple and 7-10 mm long. .

Edible Uses

The fruit is edible.

Distribution

A tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Amazon, Colombia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Puerto Rico, South America, Suriname, Venezuela, West Indies,

Synonyms

Paiva verticillata Vell.Sabicea hirsuta Kunthand others

Also Known As

Curihjau, Fu chunchili, Hierba monte, Huasca mullaca, Kogonemonkamo, Omegiim, Pina de abeja

References (6)

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Etkin, N. L. (Ed.), 1994, Eating on the Wild Side, Univ. of Arizona. p 141
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 772
Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 50
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.

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