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Leptobalanus longistylus

(Hook.f.) Sothers & Prance

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The New York Botanical Garden

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Description

A tropical tree in the Chrysobalanaceae family with brown fruit.

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Edible Uses

The ripe fruit are eaten.

Traditional Uses

The ripe fruit are eaten.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, South America, Venezuela,

Synonyms

Licania longistyla (Hook.f.) FritschMoquilea longistyla Hook.f.

References (4)

  • Kew Plants of the World onLine
  • Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 110 (As Licania longistyla)
  • Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia. (As Licania longistyla)
  • Sother & Prance, 2016, Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 26

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