Talisia microphylla
Uittien
Sapindaceae Edible: Seeds, Fruit
Description
A tree. It grows 13 m high. The leaves have 4-6 pairs of leaflets. They are small. The flower panicles are in the axils of leaves and near the ends of branches. They are narrowly oval and 10 cm long. The fruit is a berry 2.8 cm long by 2 cm wide. It is orange-yellow. There is one oblong seed. The seed coat is edible. It has a sweet-sour taste like a mango.
Edible Uses
The fruit and seed coat are edible, with a sweet-sour taste similar to mango.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in rainforest and mountain savanna forest. It also grows in old secondary forest on slopes.
Where It Grows
Brazil, Ecuador, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname,
Also Known As
Gautri-klein bladige, Zwarte pintolobus
References (3)
- Flora of Guianas,
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 170
- van Roosmalen, M.G.M., 1985, Fruits of the Guianan Flora. Utrecht Univ. & Wageningen Univ. p 400
