Sapindaceae FAMILY
Paullinia bracteosa
Paullinia bracteosa
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Paullinia bracteosa is a climbing shrub, attaching itself to the surrounding vegetation by means of tendrils. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana; C. America - Panama - Nicaragua.
HabitatDense, primary forest, sometimes in more open, secondary formations, often on freely-draining, sandy soils; at elevations up to 450 metres[ 521 Title Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15 Author Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; USA. Year 1984 ISBN 0015 - 0746 Description Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].