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Botany and Research => Botanical Information => Topic started by: ONandONandON on May 16, 2020, 02:31:28 AM

Title: sweet caapi leaf nectar
Post by: ONandONandON on May 16, 2020, 02:31:28 AM
i think someone else here recently mentioned some resin coming from their caapi leaf...
i noticed some resin on leaves of different caapi plants.. taste sweet like honeysuckle!
b.caapi 'orinhos' (<i misspell that?) first it's a clear liquid, evaporates into yellow syrup.
(https://i.ibb.co/y50d3dz/100-3529.jpg)
b.caapi 'ceilo'
(https://i.ibb.co/WPkRKvn/CAAPINECTAR.jpg)
>>pan to the right >>> and back up ^.^
(sorry for big photos, i blame imagebb :P
Title: Re: sweet caapi leaf nectar
Post by: arborescent on May 17, 2020, 05:23:55 PM
Tasty stuff. Comes from the extrafloral nectaries, and ants seem attracted to it.
The droplets glow under backlight, at least with my cielo.
Title: Re: sweet caapi leaf nectar
Post by: cactusman on May 18, 2020, 06:28:37 AM
The first time I cut a section of vine off my plant after it was some years old it oozed out sweet dark necar and you bet I sucked it up it was delicious tasted like molasses...I haven't been able to replicate the oozing experience since wouldn't mind sucking on some vine again lol.
Title: Re: sweet caapi leaf nectar
Post by: ONandONandON on May 19, 2020, 05:09:58 PM
interesting maybe larger vines could be 'tapped' similar to maple trees.. ive heard of grape vines being tapped.
Title: Re: sweet caapi leaf nectar
Post by: cactusman on May 19, 2020, 11:50:19 PM
That would be amazing  8)
Title: Re: sweet caapi leaf nectar
Post by: jbz711 on May 20, 2020, 04:56:33 PM
Quote from: arborescent on May 17, 2020, 05:23:55 PM
Tasty stuff. Comes from the extrafloral nectaries, and ants seem attracted to it.
The droplets glow under backlight, at least with my cielo.

That implies a conjugated pi system, probably the beta-carbolines, has anyone noticed an effect from the nectar?
Title: Re: sweet caapi leaf nectar
Post by: cactusman on July 23, 2020, 07:41:34 PM
Haven't been able to replicate it to collect the juice

:/