Caryocar amygdaliferum

Caryocar amygdaliferum

Taxobox
name = "Caryocar amygdaliferum"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Caryocaraceae
genus = "Caryocar"
species = "C. amygdaliferum"
binomial = "Caryocar amygdaliferum"
binomial_authority = Mutis.

"Caryocar amygdaliferum" is a plant native to the rain forests of the Amazon region of Peru. 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 as 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.

References

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


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