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Jacaratia
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Jacaratia

Jacaratia is a genus of shrubs or trees in the family Caricaceae. They are native to South and Central America.

Some species of the genus are edible to humans and served in restaurants as a delicacy.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Jacaratia mexicana

speciesJacaratia mexicana

Wild Papaya

speciesJacaratia spinosa

Jacaratia digitata

speciesJacaratia digitata

Jacaratia corumbensis

speciesJacaratia corumbensis

Jacaratia dolichaula

speciesJacaratia dolichaula

Jacaratia heptaphylla

speciesJacaratia heptaphylla

Jacaratia dodecaphylla

speciesJacaratia dodecaphylla

Jacaratia chocoensis

speciesJacaratia chocoensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 209932.