牛油果

植物簡介

it can grow up to 15 m tall. The leaves are thick, oblong, simple, and spirally arranged, between 5-12cm long and 3-6cm wide. The flowers are very small, about 1.2cm wide, creamy-white, star-shaped and borne in small clusters on the leaf axils. They are bisexual, with 8 white petals, each with two side lobes, joined into a star-like corolla with 24 points and they fall off as a ring. There are 8 fertile stamens, alternating with 8 staminodes. The flowers open at twilight and gradually become very fragrant through the night, until the next morning when they are shed. The fruits are oval, pointed and similar in size to small olives (2-3cm long). They turn from green to orange-red when ripe. The seeds are dark brown or black, and are surrounded by edible yellow flesh.