Ceratostema sp nov.
Salapa blanca grande
Ericaceae Edible: Fruit
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Peter Dunwiddie
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Peter Dunwiddie
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Description
A shrub. It grows 2 m tall. The leaves are leathery and heart shaped. They are hairy. The fruit are round and white. They are 2 cm across.
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Edible Uses
The sweet fruit are eaten fresh.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are sweet and edible.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in humid mountain shrub at 2,800 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Ecuador*, South America,
References (1)
- 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
