page_title: Acnistus arborescens
section_title: Edibility/inedibility of fruit
hierarchical_section_title: Acnistus arborescens / Edibility/inedibility of fruit
caption_attribution_description: A widespread species in the Neotropics. Photo from Wildsumaco Reserve in Ecuador, where it is called Gallinero. www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/spuds/index.html
context_page_description: [ N.B. the monotypic genus Acnistus was subsumed in the genus Iochroma by J.M.H. Shaw in 2016 and the species formerly known as Acnistus arborescens is now known correctly as Iochroma arborescens J.M.H. Shaw ].
  Acnistus arborescens is a species of flowering plant – the single species in the monotypic genus Acnistus, belonging to the Nightshade family Solanaceae. Common names include gallinero, mata-gallina, fruta-de-sabiá, hollowheart, wild tobacco, siyou, bastard sirio, galán arbóreo, tabaco de monte, nigüito, marieneira, güitite, and tabak djab.
context_section_description: Some sources claim that the attractive fruits are edible ( though causing diarrhea if consumed to excess ) : others that they are inedible, due to bitterness or insipidity. The variability in chemistry of different populations ( see below ) may account for these conflicting accounts. In addition to being consumed raw, the fruits have also been used to prepare fruit preserves and / or jellies .
caption: Branch of Acnistus arborescens bearing simultaneously flowers and fruit – both ripe and unripe. Wild plant, Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park, Ecuador – where the plant has the common name of Gallinero.
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