Guatteria schomburgkiana
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Description
A shrub or tree. It can be 18 m tall. The flowers occur singly. The fruit stalks are 0.7 cm long. There are 3-15 fruit. They are round or oval and 0.8 cm long y 0.7 cm wide. They are dark purple to black. The fruit are edible and sweet tasting.
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw. A sweet flavour. The fruits are produced in bunches of 5 - 20. Maturing black, each ellipsoid to globose fruit can be 6 - 13mm long and 5 - 8mm wide, containing a single large seed.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in the savanna. In Colombia it grows between 100-140 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Bolivia*, Colombia, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,
Cultivation
Plants can flower and produce fruit all year round.
Other Uses
The wood of the closely related Guatteria bernardii (see nomenclature notes above) has been used for construction, whilst the fibrous bark has been used for cordage. It is very likely that the wood and bark of this species can be used in the same way.
Also Known As
Arara, Panta, Sabana-pegrekoe
References (5)
- Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants
- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 29
- Murillo-A, J., 2001, Annonaceae of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2(1): 49-51
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- van Roosmalen, M.G.M., 1985, Fruits of the Guianan Flora. Utrecht Univ. & Wageningen Univ. p14
