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Perebea angustifolia

(Poepp. & Endl.) C. C. Berg

Moraceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A tropical tree in the Moraceae family with edible fruit.

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Edible Uses

The fruit is edible.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America,

Synonyms

Olmedia angustifolia Poepp. & Endl.

Also Known As

Obogamo wegana, Omoye, Sangangacho

References (4)

  • 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.
  • Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 453
  • 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

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