Schomburgk elaeoluma
Elaeoluma schomburgkiana

Family: Sapotaceae

What it is like

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.

Where it is found

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.

Countries/locations it is found in

Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, South America, Venezuela

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Abiurana, Boya de mono, Lombrigueira, Mangue, Pau-de-rato

Synonyms

Amorphospermum schomburgkianum (Miquel) Baehni; Chrysophyllum oleaefolium Spruce ex Miquel; Myrsine schomburgkiana Miquel; Oxythece schomburgkiana (Miquel) Cronquist; Oxythece steyermarkiana Monachino; Pouteria steyermarkiana Monachino;