Ambelania acida Aubl.

A small evergreen tree. It grows 4-8 m high. It can be 30 m tall. The trunk is 15-20 cm across. The bark is thick and produces latex. The branches occur opposite. The leaves are simple and opposite. They are 15-24 cm long. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. They are 3-4 cm long. There are 2-10 tube shaped flowers in a group. They are white or cream. The fruit is an oblong berry. It is 10-12 cm long. There are many dark seeds.

Dry forests of the lower Amazon. Found in lowland tropical rainforest also dense forest of the Guyanas and the Amazon. Both in primary forest and old secondary forests.

The fruit are eaten raw or cooked. For raw fruit they are beaten or scratched, and put in cold water to remove the latex. They can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable. They can also be used for jams and jellies.

Plants can be grown from seed. The ripe fruit are harvested and put into a plastic bag to decompose to make it easier to remove the seeds. They are washed in running water. Fresh seed are planted and germinate in 30-50 days.