Naucleopsis ulei
(Warb.) Ducke
Balsamo, Ule naucleopsis
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Description
A small tropical tree in the Moraceae family with sweet fruit, found from sea level to 1,500 m above sea level.
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Edible Uses
The sweet fruit are edible.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are sweet.
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Medicinal Uses
The bitter latex is used locally as a febrifuge.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows from sea level to 1,500 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Andes, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guiana, Panama, Peru, South America, Trinidad and Tobago,
Synonyms
Also Known As
Amaca, Awekatobo, Balsamo, Batawa, Batawe, Cabezita, Capinuri, Chihuila, Ibamoe, Muiratinga, Pininu, Sayaro, Tapakamebeyidi, Veneno
References (9)
- Bircher, A. G. & Bircher, W. H., 2000, Encyclopedia of Fruit Trees and Edible Flowering Plants in Egypt and the Subtropics. AUC Press. p 6 (As Acanthosphaeria ulei)
- Etkin, N. L. (Ed.), 1994, Eating on the Wild Side, Univ. of Arizona. p 140 (As Ogcodeia ulei)
- Grandtner, M. M., 2008, World Dictionary of Trees. Wood and Forest Science Department. Laval University, Quebec, Qc Canada. (Internet database http://www.wdt.qc.ca)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 441
- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 43
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- Macbride, J. F., 1937, Flora of Peru, Part 2, No. 2. Field Museum of Natural History. Vol. 13, p 320 (As Ogcodeia ulei)
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 45
- 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 453
