Caryocar microcarpum Ducke

A tree. It grows 20-30 m tall. The crown is wide and round. The trunk is upright and 70-90 cm across. The bark is thick and in irregular plates. The leaves are compound with 3 leaflets. The leaves have long stalks and the leaflets have short stalks. The flowers are in small groups and 2.5 cm long. The fruit is oval and fleshy with a hard stone inside.

A tropical plant. It grows in the Amazon in Brazil. It is in forests that are sometimes flooded.

The fruit are eaten fresh but not as attractive as some similar fruit. They are also cooked. The kernel of the spiny seed is eaten.

Plants are grown from seed. The ripe fruit are harvested and the seeds removed. Seeds are only viable for a very short time. Fresh seed should be planted. They germinate in 30-60 days.