Syngonium salvadorense

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Araceae Edible: Fruit, Flowering shoot 1 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A large vine. The stems are 1 cm thick and the internodes 4-5 cm long. The leaf stalks are 20-30 cm long. The leaf blades have 3 sections. The fruit stalk is 12 cm long.

Edible Uses

The fruit or flowering stalks are eaten when very ripe.

Traditional Uses

The fruit or flowering stalks are eaten when very ripe.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet forest up to 1,000 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Central America, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico,

Synonyms

Syngonium donnell-smithii Engl.

Also Known As

Anona conde, Anona conte, Bejuco de guara, Bejuco pico de guara, Conte, Guacamaya, Huevo de burro, Pico de guara

References (5)

de Polle, E., Plantas Silvestres Comestible de Guatemala. 1(1) Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
http://www.b-and-t-world-seeds.com/Aroideth.htm
http://www.b-and-t-world-seeds.com/Aroideth.htm (As Syngonium donnell-smithii)
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 846
Standley, P. & Steyermark, J., 1958, Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana: Botany, Volume 24 part 1 p 357