Mouriri guianensis Aubl.

A tree. It grows 4-9 m high. The crown is rounded, dense and low. The branches almost touch the ground. The trunk is short and 15-25 cm across. The leaves are simple and opposite. The blades are narrowly oval and taper to the tip. They are 3-9 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The flowers are in groups in the axils of the leaves. They can be white, red or yellow. The fruit is a round, red, smooth berry. It has a sweet pulp and 1-3 seeds.

Savannahs, floodplain rainforests and coastal, moist broadleaved forests, where it is often found on dunes.

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.

The plants are grown from seeds. The seeds are collected from ripe fruit by putting the fruit in a plastic bag to allow them to partly decompose and the seeds are washed under running water. The seeds should be planted fresh. They are best with light shade. The seedlings emerge in 40-50 days.