Garcinia madruno (Kunth) Hammel
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La pulpa del fruto es comestible, ácida, aromática y se usa en jaleas y bebidas refrescantes. Por lo anterior, vale la pena extender su cultivo en parques y jardines. Los frutos son una importante fuente de alimento para la fauna.
Árbol.
Árbol de 7 a 20 m de altura; ramitas glabras; savia crema o verde amarillento. Hojas simples, opuestas, dísticas, de 12-22 por 5-10 cm, elípticas, ápice acuminado, glabras, borde entero. Flores blanco amarillento, solitarias, sobre pedicelos muy delgados, formando fascículos en la axila de las hojas. Frutos tipo bayas, de 3 a 5 cm de diámetro, ovoides, con la superficie tuberculada o muricada, verdes a amarillos; con dos semillas envueltas en un arilo blanco de sabor dulce y aroma agradable.
Se caracteriza por sus hojas verde limón o verde plateado cuando secas, lustrosas o brillantes y con visibles hileras de resina (laticíferos); además, el borde tiene un nervio submarginal visible a simple vista. Vegetativamente a veces es dificil separarla de G. intermedia, pero las características antes señaladas ayudan a diferenciarlas.Localidad del tipo:
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Las plantas propagadas por semillas empiezan a producir frutos desde los 5 a 6 años; para más información ver Alix et al. 1999.
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Species With Barcodes: 1
Garcinia madruno (charichuelo) is a fruit-producing tree species from the rainforests of Central and South America.[1] The leaves are dark green and leathery. The fruit looks like a shriveled droopy lemon, and has a similar rind. The interior is soft white pulp and has a popular, slightly citrusy taste people have compared to a sweet santol fruit or lemony cotton candy. The species was formerly included in the genus Rheedia, which has since been absorbed into Garcinia, as Rheedias species are now known as "new world mangosteens".
Cultivation[edit]
Garcinia madruno is well adapted to a wide variety of soils, tolerating even poor soils or heavy clay. It is a slow grower and takes about 5 to 7 years to fruit. When young, it must be protected from frosts and it will not fruit in cold areas.
Distribution[edit]
The fruit is not very well known outside of South America and a few backyard growers in South Florida.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Taxon: Garcinia madruno (Kunth) Hammel". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Rheedia.html
- Five Decades with Tropical Fruit, A Personal Journey (2001) by William Francis Whitman
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