Peanut Butter Fruit
''Bunchosia'' is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family (biology), family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It contains roughly 75 species of trees and shrubs, which are native to dry woodlands, savannas, and wet forests. Their range extends from Mexico and the Caribbean to southeastern Brazil and adjacent Argentina. ''Bunchosia'' is one of three arborescent genera of Malpighiaceae with fleshy, bird-dispersed fruits. Selected species * ''Bunchosia argentea'' (Jacq.) DC. – silver peanut butter fruit, marmelo, mountain plum (ciruela del monte). A wild species with leaves abaxially sericeous, giving a silvery appearance. * ''Bunchosia armeniaca'' (Cav.) DC. – cansaboca, friar's plum (ciruela del fraile). * ''Bunchosia biocellata'' Schltdl. * ''Bunchosia cauliflora'' W.R.Anderson * ''Bunchosia cornifolia'' Kunth * ''Bunchosia costaricensis'' Rose * ''Bunchosia fluminensis'' – cachita, muchita or cafezinho do mato. Flavour resembles co ...
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