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Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics


Chapter  4 Minor Fruits of the Americas


Scientific name
Common name
Where found
Part used
Inga heterophylla Willd.
Ingá chichica
Brazil
Pulp
Inga ingoides
Guamo cafetero
Colombia
Pulp
Inga insignis Kunth
Guamá
Ecuador
Pulp
Inga laurina Willd.
Guamá
Tropical Americas
Pulp
Inga leptoloba Schlect.
Pepito
Mexico
Pulp
Inga macrophylla N.B.K.
Ingá-peua
Brazil
Pulp
Inga multijuga Benth.
Guavitos
Colombia
Pulp
Inga spuria Willd.
Churimo
Colombia
Pulp
Inga thibaudiana DC.
Ingá chichica
Brazil
Pulp
Inga velutina Willd.
Ingá-de-fogo
Brazil
Pulp
Pachylecythis egleri Ledoux
Sapucaia grande
Brazil
Nut
Pithecellobium dulce Benth.
Manila tamarind
Tropical Americas
Aril
Pithecellobium hymenaeaefolium Benth.
Barba de angel
Colombia
Aril
Pithecellobium lanceolatum Benth.
Buche
Colombia
Aril
Prosopis alba Hieron.
Algarrobo blanco
Argentina
Whole fruit
Prosopis agarobilla Griesb.
Algarobia
Argentina, Brazil
Whole fruit
Prosopis chilensis Stuntz
Mesquite, honeypod
Tropical Americas
Whole fruit, pulp
Prosopis dulcis Kunth
Mesquite
Puerto Rico
Whole fruit, pulp
Prosopis glandulosa Torr.
Mesquite, honeypod
North America, South America
Whole fruit, pulp
Prosopis juliflora DC.
Algarobeira
Tropical Americas
Pulp
Prosopis laevigata M. C. Johnst.
Mesquite
Mexico
Pulp
Prosopis nigra Hieron.

Brazil
Whole fruit, pulp
Samanea saman Merr
Rain tree
Tropical Americas
Pulp



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