Cavendishia nobilis var. capitata

Lindley, (Benth.) Luteyn

Joyapa

Ericaceae Edible: Fruit 6 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A shrub. It grows attached to other plants. It grows 4 m tall. The branches are angled. The leaves are oblong and 13-20 cm long by 5-10 cm wide. The base is rounded and it tapers to the tip. The flowering shoots have 8-10 flowers. The fruit is about 1 cm across.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten raw.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten raw.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the humid eastern Andes between 1,600-3,000 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Andes, Ecuador*, Peru, South America,

References (3)

Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 311
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 Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Belgium, 246pp