Taxon:  Pourouma cecropiifolia Mart.



Summary
Genus:
Pourouma
Family:
Urticaceae
Nomen number:
29544
Place of publication:
J. B. von Spix & C. F. P. von Martius, Reise Bras. 3:1130.  1831 "Puruma cecropiaefolia"
Verified:
08/19/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pourouma sapida H. Karst.

Images (3 total. Click on image for more.)
Embryo drawing

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
  3. Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
  4. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  5. Encarnación, F. 1983. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú Note: Documento de Trabajo no. 7, Proyecto PNUD/FAO/PER/81/002, Lima, Peru
  6. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
  7. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
  8. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  9. Lim, T. K. 2013. Pourouma cecropiifolia. In: Lim, T. K., Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. Six volumes 446-449. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5628-1_50. Note: Springer Science+Business Media B
  10. Pedrosa, H. C. et al. 2018. The domestication of the Amazon tree grape (Pourouma cecropiifolia) under an ecological lens. Front. Plant Sci. 9:203. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00203. Note: monoecious tree cultivated in agroecosystems, locally consumed
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishtree-grape  1Pedrosa, H. C. et al. 2018. The domestication of the Amazon tree grape (Pourouma cecropiifolia) under an ecological lens. Front. Plant Sci. 9:203. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00203. Note: monoecious tree cultivated in agroecosystems, locally consumed
Spanish (Peru)sacha uvillas  2Encarnación, F. 1983. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú Note: Documento de Trabajo no. 7, Proyecto PNUD/FAO/PER/81/002, Lima, Peru
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAcre Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmazonasw.Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaAmazonas Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaEl Beni Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaPando Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaAmazonas Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaCaquetá Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaMeta Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaPutumayo Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaVaupés Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorMorona Santiago Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorNapo Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPastaza Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAmazonas Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruHuánuco Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruJunín Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLoreto Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruMadre de Dios Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruPasco Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruSan Martín Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruUcayali Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  Pedrosa, H. C. et al. 2018. The domestication of the Amazon tree grape (Pourouma cecropiifolia) under an ecological lens. Front. Plant Sci. 9:203. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00203. Note: monoecious tree cultivated in agroecosystems, locally consumed
Native
Southern America
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela [Amazonas]
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Amazonas (w.)]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [El Beni, Pando], Colombia [Meta, Caquetá, Putumayo, Amazonas, Vaupés], Ecuador [Morona Santiago, Napo, Pastaza], Peru [Amazonas, Huánuco, Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martín, Ucayali]
Cultivated
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil

Reference(s)
  1. Berg, C. C. et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51:144.
  2. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  3. Pedrosa, H. C. et al. 2018. The domestication of the Amazon tree grape (Pourouma cecropiifolia) under an ecological lens. Front. Plant Sci. 9:203. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00203. Note: monoecious tree cultivated in agroecosystems, locally consumed
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruitpotentialHarling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
Human foodfruitpotentialEncarnación, F. 1983. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú Note: Documento de Trabajo no. 7, Proyecto PNUD/FAO/PER/81/002, Lima, Peru
Human foodfruitpotentialPedrosa, H. C. et al. 2018. The domestication of the Amazon tree grape (Pourouma cecropiifolia) under an ecological lens. Front. Plant Sci. 9:203. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00203. Note: monoecious tree cultivated in agroecosystems, locally consumed
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=29544. Accessed 25 June 2026.