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Cow Tree (Brosimum utile utile)

Description

It can reach up to 50 ms in height. It is abundant, it has a wood of medium value, a cylindrical trunk with prawns, with grayish bark that has whitish amorphous spots in horizontal sense, tends to branch only in the highest part. Its stipules, covered with trichomes, cover the leaves when they are beginning to form. It has simple, alternate leaves , with a very sharp apex. It has white sap . Its fruits are highly sought after by many species, and reach 5 cm in diameter. The flowers are creamy or yellowish.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Rosales

            • Family: Moraceae

              • Genus: Brosimum