Byrsonima aerugo

Sagot

White hicha, Red hicha

Malpighiaceae Edible: Fruit 8 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A tree. It grows 35 m tall. The bark is thick and reddish. The young leaves are reddish brown. The flowers are grouped along a stalk 6-8 cm long. The fruit is 0.8 cm long by 1 cm wide. It is green to reddish. There is one seed. The pulp is edible.

Edible Uses

The fruit pulp is edible and can be eaten raw.

Medicinal Uses

The plant (part unspecified) is used for treating snake bites.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in rainforest and savanna.

Where It Grows

America, Brazil, Colombia, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,

Notes

There are 127 Byrsonima species. They grow in tropical America.

Also Known As

Arikadako, Perulu, Bojo-oedoe, Bergi-kaiman-oedoe, Hitia, Lebi-mesoe-poe

References (6)

Andel T. van, Non-timber forest products of the North-West District of Guyana. Part 2. A Field Guide. Tropenbos-Guyana Programme. p 284 (As Byrsonima aerugo var. occidentalis)
Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 82 (As Byrsonima aerugo var. occidentalis)
Johnson, M. and Colquhoun, A., 1996, Preliminary Ethnobotanical Survey of Kurupukari: An Amerindian Settlement of Central Guyana. Economic Botany, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 182-194 (As Byrsonima aerugo var. occidentalis)
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
van Andel, T., 2000, Useful plants of Guyana. Non-timber forest products of the North-West District of Guyana. Part 2. A Field Guide. Tropenbos-Guyana Programme. p 284

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