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Montrichardia arborescens
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Montrichardia arborescens, the yautia madera, or moco-moco, is a tropical plant growing along river banks, swamps, or creeks. They consist of arrow shaped leaves that are food sources for some animal species. The plant produces inflorescences which then leave a fruit of Montrichardia arborescens which is edible and can be cooked. Its fruiting spadices produces large infructescences, which contain about 80 edible yellow fruit.
- Family
- Araceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Montrichardia arborescens
- Slug
- montrichardia-arborescens
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Montrichardia
- Species
- arborescens
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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