Sapotaceae Pouteria multiflora (A.DC) Eyma

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

Keywords in this picture :

• Bole
• Bark
• Buttress
• Habit
• Vegetative
• Tree (any size)
• Woody stem
• Plant parts

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
20/06/2001

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

Specimen Number
597

Location
Along main nature trail.

Notes
Tree 15 m tall with white latex. BARK: yellow- brown, smooth with papery flakes. SLASH: thin, hard, fibrous, pink, sapwood yellow. LEAVES: US midrib prominant to middle of lamina; LS midrib and secs prominant, tertiaries darker.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.020000 N   Longitude: 61.430000 W   Altitude: 265