Ocotea wachenheimii
R. Ben.
Kereti, Pisi, Tingi-apisi, Weti-apisi
Lauraceae Edible: Fruit
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | GDI 2013-2015
Description
A tree. It grows 28 m high. The flowers are grouped in a pyramid shape. They have brown hairs. The female flowers are 6 cm long and the male ones 13 cm long. The fruit are round and 1.7 cm across. They are green with white dots. They urn reddish when ripe. They are shiny. The pulp is sweet and edible. The seeds are 1.4 cm long by 0.9 cm wide.
Edible Uses
The sweet pulp of the fruit is edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the rainforest.
Where It Grows
Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, South America, Suriname,
References (1)
- van Roosmalen, M.G.M., 1985, Fruits of the Guianan Flora. Utrecht Univ. & Wageningen Univ. p 160
