Brazil sapium, Bolivia rubber
Sapium glandulosum

Family: Euphorbiaceae

What it is like

A tree. It grows 5-20 m tall. The leaves are often in clusters. The leaves are 3-14 cm long and 2-5 cm wide. The flowering shoots are at the ends of the branches. They are 3-15 cm long

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. It grows up to 2,200 m above sea level.

Countries/locations it is found in

Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South America, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, West Indies

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Fruit, seeds

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Caucho masha, Gomhout, Haia-haia, I'ra, Kasaba-oedoe, Lechero, Mukonyo, Shiringarana, Sipichi, Toropi

Synonyms

Excoecaria aerea (Klotzsch ex Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Excoecaria biglandulosa (L.) Müll.Arg.; Excoecaria biglandulosa var. aubletianum (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Excoecaria marginata (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Excoecaria obtusiloba (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Excoecaria occidentalis Müll.Arg.; Excoecaria suberosa Müll.Arg; Hippomane aucuparia (Jacq.) Crantz; Hippomane biglandulosa L.; Hippomane fruticosa Sessé & Moc.; Hippomane glandulosa L.; Hippomane zeocca L. ex B.D.Jacks.; Omphalea glandulata Vell.; Sapiopsis cremostachys Müll.Arg.; Sapium acuparium var. petiolare (Müll.Arg.) Griseb.; Sapium acuparium var. stenophyllum (Müll.Arg.) Griseb; Sapium aereum Klotzsch ex Müll.Arg.; Sapium alainianum P.T.Li; Sapium albomarginatum Pax & K.Hoffm.; Sapium aubletianum (Müll.Arg.) Huber; Sapium aucuparium Jacq.; Sapium aucuparium Willd.; Sapium aucuparium var. hippomane (G.Mey.) Griseb.; Sapium aucuparium var. moritzianum Pittier; Sapium aureum H.Buek; Sapium biglandulosum (L.) Müll.Arg.; Sapium biglandulosum var. aubletianum Müll.Arg.; Sapium bogotense Huber; Sapium caribaeum Urb.; Sapium claussenianum (Müll.Arg.) Huber; Sapium contortum Croizat; Sapium cremostachyum I.M.Johnst.; Sapium endlicherianum Klotzsch ex Pax; and many others including several varieties