Kelensua Fruit Live Plant (Lepisanthes amoena) Bloom Time/Fruiting: 5 to 6

Bloom Time/Fruiting: 5 to 6 years

suitable for both indoor and outdoor planting (limited to certain parts of Southern Europe)

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

Edible fruit gathered from the wild for local use

Pouteria ambelaniifolia offers several environmental benefits

Kelensua Fruit Live Plant (Lepisanthes amoena) Bloom Time/Fruiting: 5 to 6Lepisanthes 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