Pseudolmedia glabrata
(Liebm.) C. C. Berg.
Glabrate false olmedia
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Description
A medium sized tree. It grows 6-30 m tall. Plants are separately male and female.
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Edible Uses
It is stated that the seeds are edible, and that they are utilized for making a kind of tortilla, but it may be that there is here some confusion with the genus Brosimum.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the rainforest and in the cloud forest. In Mexico it grows between 160-1,800 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Belize, Central America, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America,
Cultivation
A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.
Other Uses
The wood is used in construction.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Manash, Manax, Ojoche, Ramon de mico, Tepetomate, Tsotsax, Tsotsash
References (5)
- Gonzalez-Espinosa, M. et al, 2011, The Red List of Mexican Cloud Forest Trees. Flora and Fauna International, Cambridge. p 109
- Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants
- 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)
- Piedra-Malagón, E. M., et al, 2022, Edible native plants of the Gulf of Mexico Province. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e80565 p 25
- Segura, S., et al, 2018, The edible fruit species in Mexico. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2018) 65:1767–1793
