Byrsonima incarnata
Sandwith
Malpighiaceae Edible: Fruit
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Description
A tree. It grows 15 m tall. The fruiting stalks are 1 cm long. They are softly hairy. The fruit is oval and 1.3 cm long by 1.2 cm wide. They are orange-yellow and hairy. The pulp is edible.
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw. Fleshy. A slightly astringent flavour. The orange-yellow fruit is up to 13mm in diameter.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forest on white sand.
Where It Grows
Brazil, Guyana, South America,
Notes
There are 127 Byrsonima species. They grow in tropical America.
