Caryocar cuneatum
Wittmack
Piquiziero
Caryocaraceae Edible: Fruit
No photos yet for Caryocar cuneatum
Sign in to contribute a photoDescription
A tree. It grows 15 m tall. The trunk is 35 cm across. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaf stalks are 4-7 cm long. The end leaflet is 8-12 cm long by 5-9 cm wide. The fruit are oval and 5 cm long.
Edible Uses
The fruit is edible. It is cultivated as a food plant.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Asia, Brazil*, Indonesia, SE Asia, South America,
Other Information
It is a cultivate food plant.
Notes
The Caryocaraceae occur in tropical America. There are 16 Caryocar species.
Synonyms
Caryocar brasiliense var planifolium Wittmack
Also Known As
Piqui
References (3)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 103
- 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 182
- Prance, G. T. and Marlene Freitas da Silva, 1973, Caryocaraceae, Flora Neotropica, Vol. 12, Caryocaraceae p 35
