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Moutabea angustifolia

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Polygalaceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A climbing plant. It can be up to 10 m long. The leaves are simple and alternate. The flowers are white.

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Edible Uses

The fruit is edible.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the wet tropics.

Where It Grows

Brazil, South America,

Also Known As

Gogo-de-guariba

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 553

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