Jacaratia is a genus of five species of plants formerly included with the papaya in Carica.
| 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 | |
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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.