Sapotaceae FAMILY

Chrysophyllum venezuelanense

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Chrysophyllum venezuelanense is a tree growing 10 - 30 metres tall[ 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its edible fruit, the seeds are used to make beads and the wood is also used locally. The tree is sometimes cultivated in the Amazon for its 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 - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana; C. America - Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico.

HabitatVery humid or cloud forests at low to medium elevations in Panama[ 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. ].