Sloanea picapica

Botanical Description

Sloanea picapica is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 40 metres tall. The stout bole is very irregular with thick, wall-like buttress roots up to 2 metres tall that protrude from its base and extend away in all directions. Branching occurs only along the upper third of the bole and the crown produced by them is thick, vividly green, and finely textured - though often haphazardly shaped[ 510 Title Trees of Costa Rica's Pacific Slope Publication Author Website http://www.cds.ed.cr/teachers/harmon/page1.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on over 80 species of tree from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its edible seed and also for its wood.