Oecopetalum Explained

Oecopetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae, native to Mexico and Central America. They are trees with edible fruits, and prefer to grow in the transition zone between cloud forests and tropical forests. Locals collect, roast, consume and occasionally sell the fruit, which is bitter enough to give Oecopetalum mexicanum the name cachichín in the Totonaca language, meaning "bitter fruit".[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Notes and References

  1. 10.15517/rbt.v67i4.33367 . Systematics and phylogeny of Oecopetalum (Metteniusaceae), a genus of trees endemic to North and Central America . 2019 . Duno . Rodrigo . Stull . Gregory . Can . Lilia Lorena . Avendaño-Reyes . Sergio . Lascurain-Rangel . Maite . Angulo . Diego Francisco . Hernández Urban . Humberto Adrian . . 67 . 4 . free .
  2. Web site: Oecopetalum Greenm. & C.H.Thomps. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 22 July 2020 .

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