Duroia genipoides
Hook. f. ex K. Schum.
Komaramara
Rubiaceae Edible: Fruit
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
A small tropical tree in the Rubiaceae family.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Bolivia, Colombia, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,
Also Known As
Sapequeiro
References (3)
- 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 324
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
