Pourouma melinonii
Benoist
Mutuch'shuinia
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Description
A tropical tree in the Urticaceae family (also classified in Cecropiaceae and Moraceae).
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Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Panama, Peru, South America*, Suriname, Venezuela,
Notes
Also put in the family Cecropiaceae and Moraceae.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Boroma, Bospapaja, Dakamtazshuiya, Granboesipapaja, Huo'coro cuiya'i Imbaubarana, Kaiwa-rikai, Mapatirana, Mutuch shuinia, Poeroema, Puruma, Sacha uvilla, Uva de orilla, Yagrumo-sunsun, Yarayara
References (8)
- Brako, L. and J.L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of peru.Catálogo de Angiospermas y Gimnospermas del Perú, Vol.45. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 521
- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 53
- 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 610
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- Van den Eynden, V., E. Cueva and O. Cabrera. 1999. Plantas silvestres comestibles del sur del Ecuador – Wild edible plants of southern Ecuador. Ediciones Abya-Yala, Quito, Ecuador.
- Van den Eynden, V., et al, 2003, Wild Foods from South Ecuador. Economic Botany 57(4): 576-603
- Van den Eynden, V., 2004, Use and management of edible non-crop plants in southern Ecuador, Ph D dissertation. p 108
