Freycinetia rapensis
Brown
Pandanaceae Edible: Fruit
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Description
A woody creeper in the Pandanaceae family that grows in tropical cloud forests. The fruit is edible.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the cloud forests.
Where It Grows
Austral Is, Cook Islands, Hawaii, Samoa,
Notes
There are about 100-175 Freycinetia species.
References (1)
- Barrau, J., 1961 (1976 reprint), Subsistence Agriculture in Polynesia and Micronesia. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 223, Honolulu, Hawaii, p 62
