Bellucia acutata
Pilg.
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Description
A shrub. It grows 5 m tall. The flowers are green with white tips. The fruit are green.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows up to 500 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, South America,
Also Known As
Guayabilla
References (3)
- Kew Plants of the World On line
- 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
