Cordiera hadrantha
(Standl.) C. H. Perss. & Delprete
Puru-tuim
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C. Dennis : Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
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Rapid Reference Collection (RRC) | Field Museum of Natural History - Keller Science Action Center
Description
A shrub. It grows 2-4 m tall. It can be 10 m tall in rainforest. The stem is smooth and white. The leaves are 7-12 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. The ripe fruit are 2-3 cm across.
Edible Uses
The sweet fruit can be eaten raw or processed into juice and sweets.
Traditional Uses
The fruit has a sweet taste. They can be eaten raw or used for juice and sweets.
This uses section is brief — help expand it
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, South America,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from fresh seed. Seedlings can be transplanted. A spacing of 4 m is suitable.
Production
It grows quickly. In Brazil plants fruit November to February.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Apurui
References (3)
- Daly, D. C., An Index of Common Names of Plants in Acre, Brazil. New York Botanical Garden Universidade Federal do Acre. (As Alibertia hadrantha)
- 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 264
- www.colecionandofrutas.org
