Pouteria maclayana (F.Muell.) Baehni

A small to medium sized tree. It commonly has buttresses. It can grow up to 27 m tall and with a 2 m girth. The branches are green with brown areas. The leaves are at the ends of the small branches. They are long and rounded. They are 23 cm long by 9 cm wide. They have a wavy and scalloped edge. The base of the leaf tapers to the leaf stalk. The leaves are dark green and shiny on top and dull underneath. The veins are whitish and prominent on both sides of the leaf. There are 7-8 pairs of side veins. The leaf stalk is about 2.5 cm long. The flowers occur in clusters of 6 in the axils of leaves. The flowers are small and creamy white. The fruit are like flattened spheres about 7.5-10 cm across. They are light olive-green. The flesh is orange and fibrous with 2-3 large seeds. The pulp has a sickly sweet smell. The seed are 6 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. The seed is partly covered by a hard shell.

A tropical plant. It mainly grows on the coast. It grows up to 500 m altitude. It grows on atolls.

The fruit have an edible yellow flesh. They can be eaten raw or cooked.

Plants can be grown from seeds.