Sphyrospermum buxifolium
Poeppig & Endlicher
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Description
A small shrub. It can grow attached to other plants. It grows 15-40 cm tall. The branches can hang down. The twigs have ribs along them. The leaves are oval to round and 9-15 mm long by 8-20 mm wide. There are 1 or 2 flowers in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a round succulent berry 1 cm across. It is whitish with a purple tinge and lets light through.
Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the rainforest between 200-1,800 m or higher above sea level.
Where It Grows
Bolivia, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, South America, Venezuela,
Also Known As
Chimi
References (4)
- Dastmalchi, K. et al, 2011, Edible Neotropical Blueberries: Antioxidant and Compositional Fingerprint Analysis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 59: 3020-3026
- NYBG
- 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 315
