Remarkable Platonia ( Latin: Platonia insignis ) is a species of deciduous trees from the genus Platonia of the Clusian family .
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Description
It comes from the tropical rainforests of Brazil , Paraguay , Colombia and Guyana , grows up to 25 m, has a pyramidal crown. The bark contains a large amount of latex . Leaves are oblong or elliptical, up to 15 cm long, with wavy edges. The fruit is round, yellow-brown, with a diameter of 7.5-12.5 cm, with a thick fleshy peel containing sticky latex . Inside the fruit contains a white fragrant flesh with 1–4 large oblong black-brown seeds. The pulp of the fruit is edible: it is eaten fresh, and also used to obtain marmalade , jelly and sorbet .
Fruit
Wood, Toulouse Museum
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
Literature
- Plant life. In 6 vols. T. 5. Part 2. Flowering plants / Ed. A. L. Takhtadzhyana . - M.: Education, 1981. - S. 28, 31.
Links
- Morton, JF 1987. Fruits of Warm Climates. Julia Morton 20534 SW 92 Ct., Miami Fl 33189. (link not available)