General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Other: May to October in Central America; can produce flowers year round if irrigated.
Uses: Culinary Herb
Vegetable
Salad greens
Cooked greens
Edible Parts: Flowers
Eating Methods: Cooked
Toxicity: Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Loroco
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Echites panduratus
  • Synonym: Fernaldia pandurata
  • Synonym: Fernaldia brachypharynx

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Location: El Salvador
Date: Sept 2012
Image by JMRAFFi
Comments:
  • Posted by greene (Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) - Zone 8b) on Sep 29, 2014 9:46 PM concerning plant:
    Fernaldia pandurata is called "loroco." It is a tropical vine that grows in Central America. The unopened flower buds are cooked and eaten. The flower buds can also be pickled.
    The plant looks similar to Mandevilla.

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