Jacaratia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Jaracatiá maduro.JPG

| image_caption = Jacaratia spinosa

| taxon = Jacaratia

| authority = A.DC. Jacaratia was first determined to be of a separate genus from Carica, based on a syntype specimen of Carica spinosa Aubl. and published in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(1): 419. 1864 {{ cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40032698 |title=Name – Jacaratia A.DC. |quote=LT: Carica spinosa Aubl. |work=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |accessdate=June 18, 2011}}

| type_species = Jacaratia spinosa

| type_species_authority = (Aubl.) A.DC.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

}}

Jacaratia is a genus of shrubs or trees in the family Caricaceae. They are native to South and Central America.{{Cite web|url=http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Jacaratia+spinosa|title=Jacaratia spinosa - Useful Tropical Plants|website=tropical.theferns.info|access-date=2018-05-14}}

Some species of the genus are edible to humans and served in restaurants as a delicacy.{{cite web|url=http://www.molecularrecipes.com/molecular-gastronomy/edible-wood-modern-delicacy-rustic-flair/|title=Edible Wood – A Modern Delicacy with a Rustic Flair|date=14 May 2014|publisher=}}