Sapotaceae Pouteria multiflora (A.DC) Eyma

Sapotaceae Pouteria multiflora

| | © W.D. Hawthorne

Other images of the same specimen :

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Places where this species can be found :

Annandale Falls - GRENADA
Vendome Estate - GRENADA
Grand Etang - GRENADA
Morne Gazo - GRENADA
Concord Falls - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Tree to 30m developing buttresses; bark brown-grey; lvs 10-30cm long with 10-30 pairs well-spaced laterals; apex rounded to pointed, sometimes notched; fls 1-8 together in lf axils; corolla white, tube 4mm, 6 rounded lobes c. 4mm. Fruit 4-6cm long, 1-seeded; seed almost spherical 1.5-4cm long with scar down one side.

Interest
Pouteria - Latinised form of the Guiana vernacular name pourama-pouteri. The small yellow fruit is edible. Hunters are happy when they are in season, because the Mona monkey they hunt commune to feed in those trees and are then easy targets

Specimen information

Collection Date
14/06/2001

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
503

Location
On rim of crater lake along path to Mount Qua Qua.

Notes
Tree 17 m tall, 40 cm dbh, with some latex in leaf petiole. BARK: pale grey, flacky, soft corky outer layer. SLASH: fibrous, pink with vertical orange strands, no smell. LEAVES: coriaceous, new leaves and shoots with brown hairs; US midrib and secs slightly prominant; LS all nerves slightly raised, tertiaries darker green. (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =147A, below=148A)

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.060000 N Longitude: 61.420000 W Altitude: 600