Pentagonia macrophylla

Benth.

Rubiaceae Edible: Fruit 87 iNaturalist observations

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Summary

Pentagonia macrophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native from south-eastern Nicaragua to Ecuador. It was first described by George Bentham in 1844.

Description

A shrub or small tree. It grows 7 m tall. Trees are often unbranched with a crown of leaves at the top. The fruit are round and 3 cm across. They are orange.

Edible Uses

The pulp of the fruit is eaten raw.

Traditional Uses

The pulp of the fruit is eaten raw.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the understorey between 10-900 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, South America*,

Synonyms

Pentagonia cuatrecasasii Standl. ex Steyerm.Pentagonia donnell-smithii (Standl.) Standl.Pentagonia orthoneura Standl.Pentagonia pubescens (Standl.) Standl.Pentagonia sprucei Standl.Watsonamra donnell-smithii Standl.Watsonamra macrophylla (Benth.) KuntzeWatsonamra pubescens Standl.

Also Known As

Bagre kaspi, Bagre muyu, Boyamo, Boyanowe, Boyemo, Boyom, Boyomoentay, Mangayajecho, Mintal, Mishki muyu, Murcielago, Pepa dulce, Pe duupijcha, Perico, Sacha guayaba, Tsikta panka

References (9)

Barfod, A. S. & Kvist, L. P., 1996, Comparative Ethnobotanical Studies of the Amerindian Groups in Coastal Ecuador. The Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. p 79
Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants
Galeano, G., 2000, Forest Use at the Pacific Coast of Choco, Colombia: A Quantitative Approach. Economic Botany, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 358-376 (Could be pig food!) (As Pentagonia donnell-smithii)
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 628
Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 50

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NYBG herbarium 'edible"
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 550
Van den Eynden, V., & Cueva, E., 2008, Las plantas en la alimentacion. Enciclopedia de las Plantas Utiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA & Herbario AAU. Quito & Aarhus. 2008: 62–66