Lycianthes glandulosa
(Ruiz & Pav.) Bitter
Solanaceae Edible: Fruit
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Description
A tropical shrub in the Solanaceae family.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Bolivia, South America,
Synonyms
Lycianthes australis (C. V. Morton) Hunz. & BarbozaLycianthes hypomalaca BitterSolanum australe C. V. Mortonand others
Also Known As
Bimi chexe
References (1)
- 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
