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    What is Papaturro

    By SylviaAugust 28, 2018Updated:August 30, 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Papaturro Quick Facts
    Name: Papaturro
    Scientific Name: Coccoloba caracasana
    Origin Mexico and Central America
    Colors Whitish
    Shapes Achenes with a whitish to translucent, sweet pulp
    Flesh colors Whitish to translucent
    Coccoloba caracasana commonly known as Papaturro is actually a tree in the family Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family). The plant is native to Mexico and Central America. This tree ranges from El Salvador to Panama and northern South America, where it is most common in the Pacific regions. Its name is derived from the Greek “kokkolobis” because of the similarity of the bunches of its fruits with those of a kind of grape (Vitis). Economically, the species is useful for its edible fruit. The wood is used as firewood and for poles. The foliage is ornamental and hung for shade.

    Plant Description

    Papaturro is a small to medium-sized, often multi-stemmed evergreen tree that grows about 6–18 m (20–60 ft.) tall often with multiple trunks and puberulent to glabrescent stems. The plant prefers sandy, loose and wet soil and may be found along rivers. Leaves are alternate, simple, broad-oblong, glabrous, leathery, 20–35 cm (8–14 in) long rounded to truncate to sub cordate at the base. The flowers are small, greenish and fragrant, arranged in racemose inflorescences gathered in terminal and lateral spikes having delicate aroma that attract bees and other insects. Fruits are achenes with a whitish to translucent, sweet juicy edible, pulp with a grapelike consistency. The outer, edible parts of the fruit consist of the former perianth, which becomes fleshy. An edible fleshy fruit is used to make jams. Its bunches are similar to those of grapes. It reproduces easily by means of stakes and seeds.

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    History

    The tree is native to Mexico and Central America, where the tree occurs mainly along the Paci­fic coast, and in northern South America. It is rarely cultivated outside its natural range. The papaturro is strictly tropical, preferring a climate with a distinct dry season and growing on sandy soils, often along riverbanks. The tree is often cultivated for its beautiful foliage and as a shade tree.

    Culinary Uses

    • The sweet, somewhat insipid fleshy pulp surrounding the seed is usually eaten out of hand.
    • During the dry season in Central America, you can often see children collecting the fruits from wild trees for consuming.

    Other facts

    • The foliage is used as an ornamental and is hung for shade.
    • The wood is used for fi­rewood and as fence poles.
    • It is used as a shade tree which improves the temperature of the place and benefits the plant species that are under it.

    References:

    https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=COCCO

    http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2729190

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccoloba_caracasana

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    Papaturro facts

    Name Papaturro
    Scientific Name Coccoloba caracasana
    Native Mexico and Central America
    Plant Growth Habit Small to medium-sized, oen multi-stemmed evergreen tree
    Soil Prefers sandy, loose and wet soil; it may be found along rivers
    Plant Size 6–18 m (20–60 ft.) tall
    Bark Black outer shell and fissured
    Stem Puberulent to glabrescent stems
    Leaf Alternate, simple leaves broad-oblong, glabrous, leathery, 20–35 cm (8–14 in) long rounded to truncate to sub cordate at the base
    Flower Small, greenish and fragrant, arranged in racemose inflorescences clustered in terminal and lateral spikes
    Fruit Shape & Size An achene with a semipulpous edible flesh
    Flesh Color Whitish to translucent, sweet juicy pulp

    Papaturro Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Coccoloba caracasana

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (land plants)
    Superdivision Spermatophyta (Seed plants)
    Division Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
    Class Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
    Subclass Caryophyllidae
    Order Polygonales
    Family Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
    Genus Coccoloba P. Br. (coccoloba)
    Synonyms
    • Coccoloba barbadensis Willd.
    • Coccoloba candolleana Meisn.
    • Coccoloba caracasana f. glabra Lindau
    • Coccoloba cyclophylla Blake
    • Coccoloba orbicularis Lodd.
    • Coccoloba orbicularis Lodd. ex Loudon
    • Uvifera candolleana (Meisn.) Kuntze
    • Uvifera caracasana (Meisn.) Kuntze
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