Dimorphandra pullei

Amshoff

Fabaceae Edible: Pulp, Fruit

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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | GDI 2013-2015

Description

A tree. It grows 50 m tall. The young twigs have soft brown hairs. The leaves are compound. The leaflets are divided. The flowers are in dense spikes with rusty hairs. The fruit is a narrow pod. It is 20-24 cm long by 3.5-4.5 cm wide and 0.5-0.7 cm thick. There are fine veins across the pod. The seeds are 1.5 cm long 0.6 cm wide and 0.4 cm thick. The brownish pulp is edible.

Edible Uses

The brownish pulp inside the fruit pods is edible.

Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in rainforest on granite.

Where It Grows

Amazon, Brazil, French Guiana, Guianas, South America, Suriname,

Notes

Also as Caesalpinaceae.

Synonyms

Dimorphandra multiflora

Also Known As

Fava-uim-amarela, Para, Pesie-oedoe

References (2)

Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 201
van Roosmalen, M.G.M., 1985, Fruits of the Guianan Flora. Utrecht Univ. & Wageningen Univ. p 186