Gustavia macarenensis
Philipson
Iniak, Sachi iniak
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Description
A tree. It grows 12 m tall. The leaves are clustered at the ends of branches. The fruit are round and orange. They are edible.
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Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten raw.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It has been recorded at 1,700 m above sea level. It grows in wet forest.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
Other Information
It is a cultivated plant.
Also Known As
Allan paso, Apai, Cacao chope, Chope, Inaco, Iniak, Oco, Pasu, Pasu ruya, Pitun, Pumarosa, Sachis, Urku pasu
References (11)
- Bennett, B. C., 1990, Useful Plants of Amazonian Ecuador. US Agency for International Development. Fifth Progress Report. New York Botanical Gardens. p 39
- Duchelle, A. E., 2007, Observations on Natural Resource use and Conservation by the Shuar In Ecuador's Cordillera del Condor. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 5:005-023
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 285
- INFOODSUpdatedFGU-list.xls
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 402
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- Kew Plants of the World On line
- NYBG herbarium "edible"
- Prance, G. T. and Scott A. Mori, 1979 Lecythidaceae: Part I: The Actinomorphic-Flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthos, Gustavia, Grias, Allantoma, & Cariniana): Flora Neotropica, Vol. 21, No. 1, Lecythidaceae: pp. 111
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 404
- Van den Eynden, V., et al, 2003, Wild Foods from South Ecuador. Economic Botany 57(4): 576-603
