Saputa Fruit Plant (Cheiloclinium Cognatum) Plant Type:Seedling Plant History and Native Uses

History and Native Uses

orange colored fruits with an edible

rose cactus

a variety like Hylocereus polyrhizus

and watery

Saputa Fruit Plant (Cheiloclinium Cognatum) Plant Type:Seedling Plant History and Native UsesSaputa (Cheiloclinium Cognatum): Common Name: Saputa Botanical Name: Cheiloclinium Cognatum General Information: Shrub or slender tree with often scandent branches. Grows from 4 to 12 meters tall. Native to South America, including Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and north to Costa Rica in Central America and Tobago in the Caribbean. Yields an edible spherical fruit, up to 35mm in diameter, gathered from the wild and consumed locally. The fruit has a pleasant,