Scientific name: Sloanea guianensis Vern: rondbladerige boskuswe (Du); urucurana, carvalhinho, castanha-de-macaco (BrP);
Local: châtaignier petites feuilles (FG); kakirio, shirabulie (GU); rafru-njannjan; kirikahu (Sr)
Indig: tëpaimë (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees and shrubs
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Notes: Sloanea guianensis Benth. is one of the most widely distributed and frequently encountered species within the genus Sloanea. It thrives across a highly diverse range of habitats, from primary terra firme lowland forests to gallery forests and older secondary growth throughout the Guiana Shield, the Amazon basin, and Central America. Compared to the large-leaved canopy giants like S. grandiflora and S. latifolia, Sloanea guianensis is generally characterized by smaller, more manageable vegetative structures and highly distinctively colored, velvet-like spiny fruit capsules.