Pouteria alnifolia (Baker) Roberty

A shrub or medium sized tree. It can grow 25 m high. The trunk is 70 cm across. The trunk can be twisted with flutes and small buttresses. The bark is grey, cracked and scaly. The young branches have reddish-brown hairs. The leaves are in spirals. They are simple and entire. The leaf blade is oval and 12-25 cm long by 7-16 cm wide. The leaves can be slightly hairy underneath and have 15-20 pairs of side veins. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves or where leaves have fallen. The fruit are oval berries 1.5-2.5 cm. They turn red when ripe. They have one seed. The seed is narrowly oval and 1.5-2 cm long.

Dry forest and gallery forest, often in the transition zone between savannah and forest, and also in disturbed forest. It is often found on rocky sites.

Can be grown by seedlings.