Chrysobalanaceae FAMILY

Parinari campestris

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Parinari campestris is a tree growing around 25 metres tall with low, thick buttresses up to 1.5 metres tall[ 341 Title South American Timbers: the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 190 Species. Publication Author Bolza. E. & Christensen. F.J. Publisher Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Year 1979 ISBN 0 643 02582 0 Description A very useful guide. , 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. ]. The cylindrical bole is 12 - 15 metres long[ 341 Title South American Timbers: the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 190 Species. Publication Author Bolza. E. & Christensen. F.J. Publisher Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Year 1979 ISBN 0 643 02582 0 Description A very useful guide. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its edible fruit and seed, which are used locally. The useful wood is also harvested and traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; Caribbean - Trinidad.

HabitatRain, marsh and savannah forests, where it is locally abundant on old, high ridges[ 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. ].