Bunchosia argentea, known as silver peanut butter fruit,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the acerola family, Malpighiaceae, that is native to Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Guyana and Suriname.[1] It produces small orange-red fruits that are sericeous (finely haired) of pleasant taste similar to peanut butter. Leaves have pointed ends and are densely silvery or golden sericeous on the abaxial side. The species has been cultivated by a small, independent plant nursery[3] on the Hawai'ian island of O'ahu and is also available in the Rio Grande Valley of far southern Texas.[4]
Bunchosia argentea | |
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B. argentea in Venezuela | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Malpighiaceae |
Genus: | Bunchosia |
Species: | B. argentea |
Binomial name | |
Bunchosia argentea (Jacq.) DC.[1] | |
Taxon identifiers | |
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Bunchosia argentea |
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Malpighia argentea |
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