Caryocar amygdaliferum

Caryocar amygdaliferum is a plant native to the rain forests of the Choco region of Colombia and Panama.[1] Its fruit consists of a spiny husk inside which a seed about three times the size of an almond develops. It has been used for similar purpose as the almond and was traded as a luxury item among the Inca in pre-conquest times and grown in the land of the Chachapoyas. It is also eaten by some species of bats.

Caryocar amygdaliferum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Caryocaraceae
Genus: Caryocar
Species:
C. amygdaliferum
Binomial name
Caryocar amygdaliferum
Mutis ex Cav.

References
  1. "Tropicos".
  • Coe, Sophie D. (1994) America's first cuisines ISBN 0-292-71159-X


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