Oreanthes fragilis

(A. C. Smith) Luteyn

Huevo de gallo

Ericaceae Edible: Fruit 3 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb or small shrub in the Ericaceae family that climbs attached to other plants, found in the dry western Andes of tropical regions at elevations between 1,400–3,300 m.

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 dry western Andes between 1,400-3,300 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Ecuador*, South America,

Synonyms

Ceratostema longipedicellatum SleumerPellegrinia longepedicellata (Sleumer) SleumerSemiramisia fragilis A.C. Sm.

Also Known As

Huevo de gallo, Joyapa

References (3)

Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 314
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