Jacaratia
| Jacaratia | |
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| Jacaratia spinosa. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Caricaceae |
| Genus: | Jacaratia A.DC. [1] |
| Type species | |
| Jacaratia spinosa | |
| Species | |
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Jacaratia is a genus of five species of plants formerly included with the papaya in Carica.
They are native to South and Central America.
Some species of the genus are edible to humans and served in restaurants as a delicacy.[2]
Species of Jacaratia
- Jacaratia chocoensis A.H.Gentry & Forero
- Jacaratia corumbensis Kuntze
- Jacaratia digitata (Poepp. & Endl.) Solms
- Jacaratia dolichaula (Donn.Sm.) Woodson
- Jacaratia heptaphylla (Vell.) A.DC.
- Jacaratia mexicana A.DC.
- Jacaratia spinosa (Aubl.) A.DC.
- List source : [3]
References
- ^ a b Jacaratia was first determined to be of a separate genus from Carica, based on a syntype specimen of Carica spinosa Aubl. and published in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(1): 419. 1864 "Name – Jacaratia A.DC". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
LT: Carica spinosa Aubl.
- ^ "Edible Wood – A Modern Delicacy with a Rustic Flair". 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Name – Jacaratia A.DC. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 18, 2011.