Renealmia breviscapa
Poepp. & Endl.
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Description
A tropical herb in the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) that grows in moist forest. It produces edible fruit and flowers.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is peeled and eaten. The flowers are also edible.
Traditional Uses
The fruit is peeled and eaten.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in moist forest.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Andes, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America*,
Synonyms
Also Known As
Allpalla shanku, Cana de culebra, Ja'oma'na, Juinkgo, Machakuy shinwanku, Shiwanku muyu, Shiwanku panka, Manihua shiri, Tentewe, Tulan
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 740
- 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 624
- Zambrana, P, et al, 2017, Traditional knowledge hiding in plain sight – twenty-first century ethnobotany of the Chácobo in Beni, Bolivia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2017) 13:57
