Pseudolmedia glabrata

(Liebm.) C. C. Berg.

Glabrate false olmedia

Moraceae Edible: Fruit 17 iNaturalist observations

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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

Brosimum ramonense Standl.Pseudolmedia malacocarpa Standl. & L. O. WilliamsPseudolmedia mollis Standl.Pseudolmedia oxyphyllaria Donn.Sm.Pseudolmedia simiarum Standl. & Steyerm.Trophis glabrata Liebm.

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