Kurupita Guiana

Kurupita guiana ( Latin Couroupita guianensis ) is an evergreen tree of the Lecithis family, growing in the tropical regions of South America, on the islands of the Caribbean Sea and in South India. This tree is also called the Lecythidaceae Pages cannonball tree . Date of treatment November 26, 2011. Archived March 17, 2012. .

Reaches 30-35 m in height. Leaves are lanceolate, growing at the ends of branches. Aromatic wax flowers, orange, scarlet or pink, grow on the trunk , forming racemose inflorescences up to 3 m in length. The fruits are large spherical, 14-24 cm in diameter, contain many seeds (200-300 pieces). Ripen for 8-9 months, then fall and crack upon impact on the ground, exposing the white jelly-like flesh.

The fruit pulp, oxidizing in air, acquires a bluish color and has an unpleasant smell, and is also capable of causing allergies, although, according to other sources, it is edible.