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Pourouma cecropiifolia, Pourouma multifida, Amazon Grape, Amazon Tree-grape, Uvilla

Pourouma cecropiifolia, Pourouma multifida

Amazon Grape, Amazon Tree-grape, Uvilla
Family: Urticaceae
Origin: South America
Small tree 10-20 ft

Small tree 10-20 ft

Full sun

Regular water

Edible plant

Ethnomedical plant.
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The fruit is sweet and juicy, eaten fresh and made into jams. The skin is rough, inedible but easily peeled.

Pourouma cecropiifolia, Pourouma multifida, Amazon Grape, Amazon Tree-grape, Uvilla

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