_{Fruto de Genipa Americana.}

GENIPA AMERICANA is grown for its edible fruit, and for beverages, jams, ice cream, and sugary powders. Native South American nations wash their legs in the clear liquid of the fruit, which has an astringent effect. When the liquid oxidizes, it stains the skin black.

The juice of the immature fruit is clear, and it induces a chemical reaction in human skin by changing its color to a dark blue, which is why it is used as body paint. The ripe fruit of the huito is eaten raw or in jam. The fruit is made into infusion and drink as a remedy for bronchitis.

With the ripe fruits fermented with brandy, an alcoholic drink is made. The fruit is insecticidal, the pulp was smeared by the natives as a repellent. And also bactericidal and germicidal (probably due to phenol). Noble wood, of good quality, hard, flexible, easy to work with. Boxes, shotgun butts, barrel bows, carts, vehicles, shoe lasts, small boats, cabinetmaking, carpentry are made.

_{Árbol: Genipa Americana}

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Date	September 10, 2021

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