Cayaponia selysioides
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Description
A pumpkin family plant. It is a vine. It can climb high. The leaves are divided like fingers on a hand into 3 lobes. The fruit is an oval berry 3-4 cm long by 2 cm wide. It is green to red. The pulp is yellow. It is edible. There are 3 dark brown seeds. These are about 1 cm long by 0.8 cm wide.
Edible Uses
The fruit is edible and eaten.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in forests near rivers and on the edges of the rainforest.
Where It Grows
Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,
References (2)
- Kew Plants of the World On line
- van Roosmalen, M.G.M., 1985, Fruits of the Guianan Flora. Utrecht Univ. & Wageningen Univ. p 102
