Hieronyma alchorneoides Allemão

A tree. It can grow 50 m tall. The trunk is straight and 1-1.2 m across. The base has buttresses. It can have stilt roots in flooded forest. The twigs are densely covered with grey hairs when young. The leaves are alternate and the leaf blade is papery. They are broadly oval and 8-18 cm long by 6-13 cm wide. They have grey scales on both sides. Trees are separately male or female. The flowering shoots are 11-20 cm long with clusters of flowers. The fruit is fleshy and red to black. It is round and 3-4 mm long by 3-5 mm wide. There are several had stone in the fruit. They have one seed.

A canopy and emergent tree of the moist or wet, mixed forest, at elevations of 900 metres or less. Wet sites and seasonal marshes. Found almost exclusively in primary formations.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.