The fruit is approximately 7-10 cm in diameter, woody, it seems to be schisocarp, but the carpels remain connected when they mature. I cannot find the plant family with such genus.
Hi Yuan-Yen,
Do you have the picture of this plant species?
El fruto de Hura crepitans L. es una cápsula explosiva, por lo que es probable que las valvas terminen separándose (violentamente) cuando el fruto se encuentre suficientemente seco.
Yes Jose Luis Sir has got it. The fruit belongs to plant Hura crepitans L. ( Hura brasiliensis Willid.) of Euphorbiaceae family.
It is Hura sp.but you need to check the composition of the male flower to know if it is Hura crepitans or Hura polyandra.
Dear Michal,
Also check it as fruit of Garcinia spp. (Clusiaceae).
Good luck
Hi Michal,
Hope it is fruit of Garcinia
Group :Angiosperm (Dicotyledon)
Family :Clusiaceae
Genus :Garcinia
Species :xanthochymus Hook.
Habit :Evergreen tree
Parts Used :Fruits
Mode of Preparation :Fresh fruit crushed with water for juice.
Mode of use :Fresh
Ingredients :Xanthochymol and iso-xamthochymol isolated from
fruit.
Ailment Treated:Ripe fruit juice is used against dysentery,
jaundice and carminative.
Source:Wild, grown in low altitude forests.
Good luck
According to the picture, it look like dry fruit. But Garcinia produce fleshy fruits. So I think if this is dry fruit, it may not Garcinia. So better add a vegetative picture too for identification.
Thank you all, it is Hura sp. because it is a schizocarp and not a dried berry.
Hura crepitans, family Euphorbiaceae.
With all the certainty, that is a fruit of the tree of yellow ceiba, (Hura crepitans) common name that receives in Colombia, Suramerica, from where it originates.
Its trunk or stem and branches are thorny
Its seeds are circular and flattened, almost white in color
The ripe fruits break with the heat and shed or throw the seeds, which shoot out due to their flattened and circular shape, and can fly great distances, from 10 to 50 meters or more, depending on the slope of the terrain.
It looks like Hura crepitans in the Euphorbiaceae. Where is this extraordinary tree growing? http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Hura+crepitans
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