Bunchosia armeniaca

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Bunchosia armeniaca
Light:Full Sun Part Shade
Moisture:Mesic
Soil pH:5.6-8.4
Native to:
Edible Rating:PFAF Edibility Rating
Tea:Yes
Poisonous

Bunchosia armeniaca (common name: ameixa do peru)

Cultivation: Occasionally cultivated for its edible fruit[1].

Range: S. America - Brazil, Andes.

Edibility: Fruit - raw or cooked[1][2]. A creamy sweet pulp[3].

Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.

Flower Type: Hermaphrodite

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Uphof, Johannes. Dictionary of Economic Plants. Weinheim, 1959.
  2. Towle, Margaret. The Ethnobotany of Pre-Columbian Peru.
  3. Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.