Hirtella pilosissima
Mart. & Zucc.
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Description
A tropical tree in the Chrysobalanaceae family native to tropical regions. The fruit is the edible portion.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America,
Other Uses
The wood is a uniform pale brown with occasional grayish brown streaks. It is medium-textured with a straight- or interlocked-grained, odourless and tasteless. The wood is heavy, hard, and strong; rather difficult to work, takes a smooth finish with a moderate luster when held to proper light. It is liable to check in drying. The wood is not generally used, even locally.
Synonyms
References (3)
- Kew Plants of the World onLine
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- 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
