Common name: Malabar Chestnut, Guiana Chestnut
Family: Malvaceae
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Country of Origin: Central America
Description: [syn. Bombax glabra]
A large water-loving mid-sized Central American tree that produces large multiple-seeded round fruit. Edible raw but normally roasted, tasting somewhat like chestnuts. The young leaves and flowers are cooked and used as a vegetable.
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USDA Zone: 10-11
Source: Unknown
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Malvales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Malvaceae
- SubFamily: Bombacoideae
- Tribe: Adansonieae
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References:
- California Rare Fruit Growers WWW Site
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