Elaeoluma glabrescens
(Martius & Eichler) Aubreville
Glabrescent elaeoluma
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Description
A tree. It grows 25-38 m high. The trunk can be 60 cm across. The young shoots have a few fine hairs. The bark is pale grey and scales off in thin papery scales. The leaves are spaced or loosely clustered and arranged in spirals. They are 8-19.5 cm long by 3-7.6 cm wide. There are about 9-12 pairs of secondary veins. The leaf stalk is 0.5-2 cm long. The flowers are of one sex and separate male and female flowers are on separate trees. The flowers are in tufts of 3-25 flowers. They are pale greenish-white. The fruit stalk is 0.3-1.2 cm long. The fruit are 2-3 cm long. They are broadly oval. They turn reddish, purple and black as they ripen. The fruit are sweet and edible. There is one seed. It is 1.3-1.6 cm long.
Edible Uses
The sweet, edible fruit is consumed.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows along rivers and in occasionally or permanently flooded forest. It grows in wetlands. It can occur in cloud forest up to 750 m altitude.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
Notes
There are 4 Elaeoluma species. They are in Central America.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Abiurana, Boya de mono, Jarai, Lombrigueira, Mangue, Palo rayao, Pau de rato, Punwoyo, Wene iye, Yuquito banero
References (5)
- 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 242
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Van Roosmalen, M.G.M., & Garcia, O. M., 2000, Fruits of the Amazonian Forest. Part 2: Sapotaceae. Acta Amazonica 30(2): 187-290
