Shrub
or small tree; branches with thorns; leaves alternate, leathery,
elliptic, short-petiolate, apex rounded or with a small notch
(retuse); flowers in axillary clusters, white; fruit white, subglobose,
fleshy.return to: checklist; keys; family Sapotaceae
Shrub
or small tree; branches with thorns; leaves alternate, leathery,
elliptic, short-petiolate, apex rounded or with a small notch
(retuse); flowers in axillary clusters, white; fruit white, subglobose,
fleshy.
Listed, as Bumelia retusa, as an important source of pollen and/or nectar for bees (Suarez Molina 1981).