Casca-paratudo
Simaba cuneata

Family: Simaroubaceae

What it is like

An evergreen tree. It grows 3-6 m high. The crown is round and dense. The trunk is short and 15-25 cm across. The leaves are compound with leaflets along the stalk and one at the end. There are 6-9 opposite leaflets without leaf stalks. The leaflets are 4-10 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The flowers are in groups at the ends of the branches. The flowers are whitish-yellow. The fruit are oval and fleshy with a stone inside. There is thin sweetish pulp around the seed.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. It grows in dense humid forest near the Atlantic in Brazil.

Countries/locations it is found in

Brazil (country/location of origin), South America

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

Plants are grown from seeds. The seeds are collected from ripe fruit that have been stored in piles to allow them to decompose enabling the seeds to be washed out under running water. Seedlings emerge in 15-30 days.

Plants grow at a moderate rate.

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Aruba cuneata Kuntze;