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Field No. F-2730 Latin name Acanthocarpus nigricans
Local name Palo dulce P.I. No.
Locality data East of "El Brillante" near the left bank
of the Coatzacoalcos River, Veracruz.
High forest - riparian formation
Plant description Up to 8 m.
grows on river-banks and everywhere!
"en donde quiere"
Special notes Fruit becoming black Wild? √
Cult?
Collector F. Martinez M. Date May, 1957
PLANT INTRODUCTION SECTION, HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH BRANCH, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
HC-1 (7-54) 16-70713-1 GPO