Currant bush of Barbades

The Groseillier of Barbades ( Pereskia aculeata ) is an endemic plant.

It is originating in the Caribbean, but widespread in almost all the Latin America, of Florida in Paraguay.

Description

  • Shrub climbing of 3 with 10m top being pressed on the vegetation around then falling down;
  • green bark then maroon, being cracked;
  • sheets of intermediate size, very slightly succulent, with two pivots in hook (characteristic of the species);
  • flowers blanchâtres with very pale, grouped and odorous pink;
  • fruits edible of small size, globulous, fleshy, thorny, yellows with oranges;
  • black lenticular seeds (5 mm).

Use

Food

The currant bush of Barbades is nutritivement interesting:

  • Its sheets constitute a source of proteins (they contain some from 17 to 25% including assimilable 85%), of vitamins has, B and C, calcium, iron, lysin, magnesium and phosphorus. They can be eaten out of cooked salad, soup, vegetables, and enters the composition of the Angú.
  • Its fruits, are edible and can be prepared out of preserve or jam.

Medicinal

  • Pereskia aculeata has properties anti-inflammatory drugs and could be also used to look after the burns.

Etymology

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External references

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