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Protium panamense

Family: Burseraceae

What it is like

A shrub or tree. It grows 3-40 m high. It has stilt roots. The leaves are 23-60 cm long. The leaves have an odd number of leaflets. There are 3-7 leaflets 11-36 cm long and 4-12 cm wide. The flowers are in compact panicles in the axils of leaves. The flowers are yellow. The fruit are oval and yellow but become red when ripe. They are 2-3 cm long. They open by 2-4 valves.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet or moist forests.

Countries/locations it is found in

Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, South America

How it is used for food

The aril or fleshy layer around the seeds is edible.

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Chutra, Copal, Judra tain, Mimonkawe, Witakewe

Synonyms

Icica panamensis Rose;