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Exostyles godoyensis

Soares-Silva & Mansano

Guaxingaba

Fabaceae Edible: Fruit

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Exostyles godoyensis is a plant native to South Brazil and Southeast Brazil. It is a tree that grows in a seasonally dry tropical biome. It was described in 2004 by botonists Lucia Helena Soares-Silva and Vidal de Freitas Mansano.

Description

A tropical legume tree (Fabaceae) that grows 5–16 m tall, producing edible fruit.

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Edible Uses

The fruit is eaten.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Brazil, South America,

References (1)

  • www.colecionandofrutas.org

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