Apocynaceae FAMILY
Lacmellea oblongata
Lacmellea oblongata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Lacmellea oblongata is a tree. The tree is harvested from the wild for the local use of its edible fruit and latex.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeNorthern S. America - Ecuador, Peru.
HabitatLowland Amazonian rainforest[ 412 Title Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru Publication Author Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C. & Daza, A. Publisher David Hunt; Sherbourne, England. Year 2004 ISBN 0 9538134 3 6 Description A very terse guide to the trees of Peru, managing to give basic guides to a large number of genera, with more detail on a few species in each genus. ].