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Peanut Butter Fruit
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Peanut Butter Fruit

Bunchosia argentea (Jacq.) DC.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishPeanut Butter Fruit
Dutch—
SpanishCirigüelo
Chinese花生奶油果
Scientific nameBunchosia argentea (Jacq.) DC.

About this species

Bunchosia argentea, known as silver peanut butter fruit, is a species of flowering plant in the acerola family, Malpighiaceae, that is native to Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Guyana and Suriname. It produces small orange-red fruits that are sericeous (finely haired) of pleasant taste similar to peanut butter. Leaves have pointed ends and are densely silvery or golden sericeous on the abaxial side.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyMalpighiaceae
GenusBunchosia

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
1953First record
2005Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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