Odontadenia nitida
(Vahl) Muell.Arg.
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Description
A vine or creeper. It grows 15 m long. The stems are slender. The flowers are yellow. The sap is white. The fruit are follicles 19-22 cm long by 0.8 cm wide.
Edible Uses
Used as a flavouring.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela,
Synonyms
Angadenia nitida (Vahl) MiersEchtites nitidus VahlOdontadenia augustifolia A. DC.and others
Also Known As
Unhay uaponima
References (3)
- Allorge-Boiteau, L., Flora of the Guianas. 140 Apocynaceae p 161
- Johnson, M. and Colquhoun, A., 1996, Preliminary Ethnobotanical Survey of Kurupukari: An Amerindian Settlement of Central Guyana. Economic Botany, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 182-194
- 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 577
