Brosimum utile (Kunth) Oken

Trees 20-25 m. in height, with young twigs rather stout and with rather close internodes, minutely and indefinitely puberulent when young, eventually develop-ing a rather thick periderm. Leaves rather broadly oblong, abruptly and acutely acuminate, rounded at the base, 10-25 cm. long, 3-10 cm. broad, subcoriaceous, sparsely puberulent to glabrate, the petioles stout, 5-15 mm. long; stipules amplex-icaul, lanceolate, long-acuminate, 2-3 cm. long, pilosulose, leaving oblique scars nearly encircling the stem. Inflorescences globose, monoecious, about 1 cm. in diameter, the peduncle of about equal length, rather stout, staminate flowers: without an obvious perianth and with a single stamen with a broadly oval anther

A tropical plant. It grows in lowland and lower mountain wet forests. It grows in the dense forest.

The sap is eaten. It can be used to make a cheese-like food. The latex is also used for chewing gum. The seeds are eaten raw or roasted. The fruit are eaten raw or cooked.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.