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Jacaratia
Sign in to saveJacaratia is a genus of shrubs or trees in the family Caricaceae. They are native to South and Central America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyCaricaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 200
- With media
- 35
- Family
- Caricaceae
- Collections
- NY, UEL, JBRJ, INECOL, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UFPB
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Ecuador, Brasil, Mexico, Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Caricaceae
- Image
- Jacaratia hassleriana - Koko Crater Botanical Garden - IMG 2218.JPG
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- taxon name
- Jacaratia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Jacaratia
- Commons category
- Jacaratia
- taxon common name
- 枝木瓜属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Jacaratia is a genus of shrubs or trees in the family Caricaceae. They are native to South and Central America.
Some species of the genus are edible to humans and served in restaurants as a delicacy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jacaratia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.