Dimorphandra hohenkerkii
Sprague et Sandw.
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | GDI 2013-2015
Description
A tree. It grows 30 m tall. The leaves are compound. They are divided 4 or 5 times and there are 18-32 leaflets on each stalk. They are small and leathery. The stalks of flowers occur singly in the axils of leaves. These can be 40 cm long. The flowers are red. The fruit is a pod 20 cm long by 7 cm wide and 3 cm thick. It is sickle shaped and woody. It is smooth and brown but with ridges across it. There are 7-10 seeds. They are oblong and 1.8 cm long by 0.8 cm wide and 0.3 cm thick. They are edible.
Edible Uses
The seeds are edible.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in rainforest and savanna forest.
Where It Grows
Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, South America, Suriname,
Notes
Also as Caesalpinaceae.
Also Known As
Aiewako, Awari-aedoe, Huruhurudan
References (1)
- van Roosmalen, M.G.M., 1985, Fruits of the Guianan Flora. Utrecht Univ. & Wageningen Univ. p 186
