A fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit,bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves.

• 热带美洲的一种速生常绿树，花白色，果实白色，光滑，可食，其树皮产生一种丝状纤维，可用于做绳索，木材为制桶板的好材料。