Duguetia riparia
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Description
A tropical shrub or small tree in the Annonaceae family that grows approximately 5 m tall, bearing edible fruit.
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Edible Uses
Fruit - raw. The pulp is eaten. The brown fruit is broadly ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, around 20 - 60mm long and 20 - 40mm in diameter, composed of 50 - 100 fertile carpels each 8 - 14mm long and 5 - 10mm in diameter.
Medicinal Uses
The bark from young specimens is a component of a ritual drink 'pina-ï' The roots are used as an anthelmintic.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Bolivia*, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname,
Synonyms
Also Known As
Enviratai, Imbirataia, Inviratai
References (1)
- 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 323
