Elaeocarpaceae FAMILY

Sloanea jamaicensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sloanea jamaicensis is an evergreen tree usually growing 6 - 20 metres tall but occasionally up to 30 metres[ 426 Title Flowering Plants of Jamaica Publication Author Adams. C.D. Publisher University of the West Indies; Jamaica. Year 1972 ISBN Description A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc. , 677 Title Contributions from the Gray Herbarium Vol. 175 Publication Author Earle Smith C. Jr. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Massachusets Year 1954 ISBN Description A monograph of the Tropical American species of Sloanea. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeCaribbean - Jamaica.

HabitatMountain forests[ 677 Title Contributions from the Gray Herbarium Vol. 175 Publication Author Earle Smith C. Jr. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Massachusets Year 1954 ISBN Description A monograph of the Tropical American species of Sloanea. ]. Forest and woodland, usually on limestone soils, at elevations from 350 - 750 metres[ 426 Title Flowering Plants of Jamaica Publication Author Adams. C.D. Publisher University of the West Indies; Jamaica. Year 1972 ISBN Description A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc. ].