Matisia putumayensis
(Cuatrec.) Cuatrec
Malvaceae Edible: Fruit
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | NSF/Mellon - GPI
Description
A tropical tree in the Malvaceae family (formerly classified in Bombacaceae, subfamily Bombacoideae) with edible fruit.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Brazil, South America,
Notes
Also put in the family Bombacaceae. In the subfamily Bombacoideae.
Synonyms
Quararibea putumayensis (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec,
References (1)
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 179 (As Quararibea putumayensis)
