Tontelea passiflora
(Vell.) Lombardi
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Description
A creeper. It grows 2.5-6 m long. The leaves are 7-27 cm long by 2-12 cm wide. They are narrowly oval and taper to the tip. The fruit are 16-17 cm long by 8-11 cm wide.
Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows on the edge of the rainforest and up to 1,200 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,
Synonyms
Clercia passiflora Vell.Tontelea fluminensis (Peyr.) A. C. Sm.
and others
Also Known As
Abacate-do-mato, Castanha-mineira, Cipo-flora, Guapomo, Quere mati, Querimati
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 870
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia. (As Tontelea ovalifolia)
- Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 381 (As Tontelea ovalifolia)
- 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 (As Tontelea ovalifolia subsp. richardii)
