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Cuachilote

(Parmentiera aculeata)

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Description

The cuajilote, huachilote or cacáu de monu (Parmentiera aculeata) is a tree native to the low deciduous forest that covers large areas in the south and center of Mexico. In Venezuela it receives the name of camburito, due to the similar shape of its fruit with a cambur or banana. It is a tree that can grow up to twelve meters high, with thick nuts and silky bark. The bellows are mostly tri- foliae and a few are simple, elliptical, pollenque, of an intense green color. The knots in the ramines are armed with a thick, small, curved and sharp escayu, which is found under each fueya. The flowers of this species grow in the nut and at the ends of the canes. The fruit is cylindrical, generally curved, with thick ribs, fleshy and fibrous; It can measure up to 17 cm in length and with more than 3 cm in diameter. It can be eaten raw or cooked even if it is not very appetizing, its consumption is practically in the areas where the curd is puffed, where it is also used as fodder food. It has herbal uses. Both the fruit and the bark and root are used by Mexican mestromes in the treatment of several kidney ailments. Its fruit is rich in vitamin A, but, as has been said, it is not very popular in the food market in Mexico. Parmentiera is a genus of plants in the family Bignoniaceae.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Lamiales
Family:Bignoniaceae
Genus:Parmentiera
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