Pentagonia macrophylla Benth.

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Pentagonia macrophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native from south-eastern Nicaragua to Ecuador. It was first described by George Bentham in 1844.

Pentagonia macrophylla - Wikipedia

General Information

Pentagonia macrophylla is an evergreen shrub or a tree; it usually grows up to 7 metres tall, with reports of trees sometimes reaching 16 metres

 The tree is often unbranched, with a crown of leaves at the top - looking somewhat like a single-stemmed palm tree

The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Range

S. America - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia; C. America - Panama, Costa Rica.

Habitat

An understorey plant of evergreen forests at elevations from 10 - 900 metres

Properties

Edibility Rating
Habit	Evergreen Tree
Height	5.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Edible Uses

Fruit - the pulp is eaten ra

 The round fruits are up to 28mm in diameter

Pentagonia macrophylla Images - Useful Tropical Plants (theferns.info)

https://youtu.be/xkJKs9wa4qw?t=225