Scientific Name: Planchonella pohlmaniana (was Pouteria pohlmaniana)

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  • Common Name:
    Yellow Boxwood
  • Derivation:
    was Planchonella pohlmaniana
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    SAPOTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Creamish/white, hairy, 5 petals, in clusters from leaf axil, August to December
  • Fruit:
    Purplish/black drupe to 2 cm dia
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical and dry rainforest as remnant tree
Identification Notes

Branchlets and perioles brownish hairy Leaf scars prominent Milky latex present Terminal buds not scaly