Aechmea bracteata
(Sw.) Griseb.
Aechmea
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Summary
Source: WikipediaAechmea bracteata is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Central America, Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela; it is also reportedly naturalized in the Bahamas.
Description
A pineapple like herb. It grows attached to other plants. It grows 50-170 cm tall. The leaves are 30-130 cm long. There are 4-17 flowers in a group.
Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten fresh and made into juice.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten and made into juice.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in groups in forests and savanna in arid regions between 50-900 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Belize, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, South America, Venezuela,
Cultivation
Seeds germinate is hot humid conditions in mature forests.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Chacana, Cocom-huey, Gallito, Ixchu, Izchu
References (4)
- 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 24
- Kew Plants of the World onLine
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Standley, P. & Steyermark, J., 1958, Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana: Botany, Volume 24 part 1 p 382
