Known as the Candle Tree or Arbol de Velas for these fruit, which are not pods, but fleshy, elongated berries, edible when they ripen to a yellow color. This species is endemic to Panama, here at Summit Park in the Canal Zone.
Summary[edit] Description: Known as the Candle Tree or Arbol de Velas for these fruit, which are not pods, but fleshy, elongated berries, edible when they ripen to a yellow color. This species is endemic to Panama, here at Summit Park in the Canal Zone. Date: 12 May 2014, 01:55. Source: Parmentiera cereifera. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.