Elaeoluma schomburgkiana
(Miquel) Baillon
Schomburgk elaeoluma
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Description
A shrub or tree. It has many branches or a crooked trunk. It grows 8 m high. The bark is pale grey and becomes scaly. The leaves are spaced or in loose clusters or arranged in spirals. The leaves are 2-6 cm long by 1.2-3 cm wide. They are sword shaped. There are 5-7 pairs of secondary veins. The leaf stalk is 1-5 mm long. The flowers are of one sex with the different sexes on separate trees. The flowers occur in tufts of 1-10 flowers. The flowers are pale green to white. The fruit are 1.2-1.4 cm long. They turn purple or black when ripe. The fruit are edible. There is one seed. It is 0.8-1 cm long.
Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in wet savannah and flooded forest as well as on sandy beaches. It grows from sea level to 1300 m altitude.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, South America, Venezuela,
Synonyms
Also Known As
Abiurana, Boya de mono, Lombrigueira, Mangue, Pau-de-rato
References (4)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 215
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 333
- Pennington, T.D., 1990, Sapotaceae in Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. New York Botanical Gardens. p 240
- Van Roosmalen, M.G.M., & Garcia, O. M., 2000, Fruits of the Amazonian Forest. Part 2: Sapotaceae. Acta Amazonica 30(2): 187-290
