Heterotrichum cymosum
Urb.
Melastomataceae Edible: Fruit
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Description
A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. The trunk is 9 cm across. It has straight bristly sticky red hairs on the twigs, leaves ad flowers. The leaves are opposite and oval. They are 10-18 cm long by 8-1 cm wide. The flowers are large and white. The fruit are juicy purple berries.
Edible Uses
The fruit (juicy purple berries) is edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Puerto Rico*, USA, West Indies,
Also Known As
Camasey peludo, Pelua, Terciopelo
References (1)
- Little, E. L. & Wadsworth, F. H., 1964, Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. USDA Agriculture Handbook No. 249
