Frutas Comestíveis da Amazônia 3

Abstract

lhe present paper Is a continuatlon of a botanical study of the edible fruits. introduced or indigenous, in the Amazonian region. The results of the first studies were issued in Publicações Avulsas do Museu Goeldi, n. 11 (1972) and n. 24 (1914). In this third number 41 fructiferous specles are considered and of these only two are not from the Amazonia region. The order of presentation in the same as in the last two papers. There are 24 illustrations in the text and an appended table giving the months of fruitlng of each species.