COMMON NAMES:
FRUTA COFRE, TREE OF PATACA, ELEPHANT APPLE
SCIENTIFIC
NAMES: DILLENIA INDICA
FAMILY OF
DILLENIACEAE
COMMENTS:
Tree of beautiful foliage, white flower of
20 cm in
diameter and large fruits, which are not consumed in-kind, more in the sepals
cutten into cubes which are boiled to extract a gum which gives a sweet creamy
much appreciated in the regions of origin of this tree.
With
the adjacent pulp of this fruit one beverage with smooth and refreshing taste is
brewed.
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