Oecopetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae, native to Mexico and Central America. They are trees with edible fruits, and prefer to grow in the transition zone between cloud forests and tropical forests. Locals collect, roast, consume and occasionally sell the fruit, which is bitter enough to give Oecopetalum mexicanum the name cachichín in the Totonaca language, meaning "bitter fruit".[2]
Currently accepted species include:[3]
Oecopetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae, native to Mexico and Central America. They are trees with edible fruits, and prefer to grow in the transition zone between cloud forests and tropical forests. Locals collect, roast, consume and occasionally sell the fruit, which is bitter enough to give Oecopetalum mexicanum the name cachichín in the Totonaca language, meaning "bitter fruit".
Oecopetalum es un género de plantas perteneciente a la familia Metteniusaceae. Es originario de América. El género fue descrito por Jesse More Greenman & Charles Henry Thompson y publicado en Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 1(4): 408 en el año 1914. La especie tipo es Oecopetalum mexicanum Greenm. & C.H.Thomps.[1]
Oecopetalum es un género de plantas perteneciente a la familia Metteniusaceae. Es originario de América. El género fue descrito por Jesse More Greenman & Charles Henry Thompson y publicado en Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 1(4): 408 en el año 1914. La especie tipo es Oecopetalum mexicanum Greenm. & C.H.Thomps.
