Few flower rubber tree
Hevea pauciflora
Family: Euphorbiaceae
What it is like
An evergreen tree. It grows 18 m tall.
Where it is found
It is a tropical plant. It grows on rocky hillsides on well-drained non flooding soils.
Countries/locations it is found in
Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela
How it is used for food
The seeds are cooked and eaten. Caution: The seeds contain cyanide and and are poisonous unless well cooked.
In some places the seeds are an important food and in others only a famine food.
Edible parts
Seeds
How it is grown
Its other names
Local names
Coriacea, Hati, Seringa, Seringa-itauba, Shijig, Shiringa, Shiringa maposa
Synonyms
Siphonia pauciflora Spruce ex Benth.;