Lacunaria jenmanii (Oliv.) Ducke

A tree. It grows 4-18 m high. It loses its leaves during the year. The young branches and flowers have rusty red hairs. The crown is elongated. The trunk is erect and 20-30 cm across. The bark is thick, rough and dark grey. The leaves are in rings of 3-6. The leaves are sword shaped and taper to the base. They are 13-35 cm long by 4-10 cm wide. The flowers occur singly or in groups of 2-4 in the axils of leaves. The flowering stalks are 10-25 cm long. The fruit is a capsule with a thick outer layer and a soft sweet centre.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in humid upland forests in Brazil.

The pulp of the fruit is eaten raw.

Plants are grown from seeds. The fruit are collected from the tree and opened with a knife to remove the seeds. The pulp is allowed to decompose and the seeds washed under running water. Seeds need to be planted fresh and in light shade. Seedlings emerge in 40-60 days.