Filed As:

Caricaceae
Jacaratia digitata (Poepp. & Endl.) Solms

All Determinations:

Jacaratia digitata (Poepp. & Endl.) Solms det. J. A. Kallunki, 2003

Common Names:

jaracatiá

Location:

Brazil. Acre. Santa Rosa do Purus Mun. Rio Purus, left bank, Seringal Santa Helena.

Collector(s):

D. C. Daly 10030 with H. Kuchmeister, D. Gomes da Silva, L. Lima & E. Consuelo, 24 Mar 1999

Description:

Tree 12 m x 15 cm, trunk and branches spiny, fruits pendent, spindle-shaped, to 8 cm long. USE1: Comestible -- Pulp of fruit sweet, edible. USE2: Medicinal -- immature fruits ingested to expel intenstinal worms. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

Habitat:

Restinga -- forest on high terrace, level terrain, reportedly regenerating from dominant arborescent bamboo die-back 2-3 years ago.

Other:

Specimen Notes: [See NY barcode 763516]

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 763529
GUID: bc69515b-2ae6-40f4-8433-8dffd24fd52d

Map:

Coordinates: (-9.1303, -70.1769)

Distribution:

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