Lacmellea aculeata is a shrub or a tree growing up to 12 metres tall[
]. The bole is covered in 2cm long, basally-broad, spines[
The tree is harvested from the wild for the local use of its edible fruit and latex
Northern S. America - Brazil, Peru, the Guyanas.
Savannah, creek and riverine forests[
]. Lowland Amazonian rainforest[
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A plant of mainly low elevations in the moist tropics.
Fruit - raw[
]. The pulp is sweet-tasting[
]. The globose yellow to orange-yellow berry is about 35mm in diameter[
The latex of some species is palatable[
The crude latex is drunk as an antidiarrhoeal and febrifuge[
The latex obtained from the plant is of low quality, but is sometimes used to adulterate rubber from Hevea brasiliensis[
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