Kelensua Fruit Live Plant (Lepisanthes amoena) Fruits are borne in clusters

Fruits are borne in clusters on stems up to 24cm long

Pouteria ambelaniifolia offers several environmental benefits

and even made into ice cream

it is a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae

Bloom Time/Fruiting: 5 to 6 years

Kelensua Fruit Live Plant (Lepisanthes amoena) Fruits are borne in clustersLepisanthes amoena is a shrub growing up to 6 metres tall, or a tree growing up to 10 metres tall. The tree is harvested from the wild as a local source of food, medicine and wood. The plant is sometimes grown as an ornamental. The brownish or purple fruit is up to 25mm x 30mm in size and the yellowish to white pulp has a sweet flavour . The bark, as well as the young leaves, contain saponin and are applied against ulcers, also an extract of the bark