Melastomataceae FAMILY

Clidemia anisophylla

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Clidemia anisophylla is a shrub. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is said to be occasionally cultivated for its edible fruit[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - the Guyanas.

HabitatNot known