
Elaeocarpaceae FAMILY
Sloanea jamaicensis
Sloanea jamaicensis
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—
Not known
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Sloanea+jamaicensis>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Flowering Plants of Jamaica — Adams. C.D. · University of the West Indies; Jamaica. · 1972 ↩︎A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc.
- [2]Contributions from the Gray Herbarium Vol. 175 — Earle Smith C. Jr. · Harvard University; Massachusets · 1954 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A monograph of the Tropical American species of Sloanea.
- [3]Economic Plants. An index to Economic Products of the Vegetable Kingdom in Jamaica — Fawcett. W. · Government of Jamaica, Kingston. · 1891 ↩︎A nice little guide giving a terse description and details of useful plants grown economically in Jamaica. Rather dated, so many of the names have been changed since then. Also available for download from the Internet.