Ambaiba Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text A friend sent me a photo of this Bolivian fruit called "ambaiba": <center><a href="/etc/ambaiba.jpg"><img src="/etc/ambaiba-small.jpg"/></a></center> I found one [article](http://www.hoybolivia.com/flora/01ambaibo.htm) about the fruit in Spanish, which says: > The ambaibo tree is much appreciated locally for its sweet and flavorful fruits. It is eaten as a fresh fruit and also is made into delicious marmalades. Its flavor resembles the fig, of which it is a distant relative. It says the latin name is "cecropia polystachya." It appears that this tree genus is called "embauba" in Portuguese and I think I've [seen](http://www.freewisdom.org/en/rio/albums/2004-01-15-a-tijuca/20040115_029_9614/) it in Rio, though I had no idea it had edible fruit. Or maybe the Rio version does not - pages talking about Brazilian "embauba" seem to typically mean "cecropia palmata" so it is probably a different species. (Though a few do mention polystachya as well. According to Portuguese Wikipedia "cecropia polystachya" is called "sambaiba-do-norte" or "embauba-da-mata" in Portuguese.) Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Content Template Page Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI Don't put anything here Don't put anything here A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel
