PUBLISHED IN: Fevillea pedatifolia (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey, Kew Bulletin 16: 199. 1962.

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BASIONYM: Alsomitra pedatifolia Cogn.

SYNONYMY: Alsomitra peruviana Huber, Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 4: 616. 1906. Type: Peru, Oct. 28, 1898, Huber, MG1390 s.n. (MG).
     Fevillea peruviana (Huber) C. Jeffrey, Basionym: Alsomitra peruviana Huber, Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 4: 616. 1906.
     Siolmatra amazonica Cogn., Das Pflanzenreich 4. 275(1): 30. 1916. Type: Brazil, Oct 1901, Ule 5819 (B).
     Siolmatra pedatifolia (C. Martius) Cogn. Type: Brazil, 1820, Martius s.n. (M).
     Siolmatra peruviana (Huber) Cogn., Das Pflanzenreich 4. 275(1): 30. 1916. Basionym note: ?Alsomitra, 1906.

INFRASPECIFIC TAXA:

VERNACULAR NAME: abiria

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DESCRIPTION: Seeds water dispersed containing a very high oil content. The oils are simple triglycerides, slightly heavier than those of refined cottonseed oil.

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DISTRIBUTION: Brazil, Peru.

ECOLOGY: Amazonian riversides 0–500 m.

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MEDICINAL USE: Seeds purgative and emetic.

OTHER USE: Calculated on a weight per fruit basis, the seed oil content is higher than that of any other dicot (55%). The cotyledons in the seeds are used as candles by the Campa Indians of the Pichis Valley of Peru. They burn with a clear blue flame.

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LITERATURE: Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.

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