Lacmellea edulis H. Karst.

Lacmellea edulis Karst. I^innaea 28: 450. 1857
Tree, 4-5 m. tall; stems terete, relatively stout, minutely puberulent when young, soon becoming glabrate; leaves coriaceous, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 8-12 cm. long, 3-5 cm. broad, abruptly acuminate, broadly obtuse to rounded at the base, lustrous above, glabrous, the petioles 4-6 mm. long; inflorescence 3-8-flowered, scarcely sturpassing the petioles; calyxlobes ovate, obtuse or rounded, 2-3.5 mm. long, closely imbricate, minutely ciliolate on the margin; corolla tubular-salverform, papillate externally, the tube 4-5 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. in diameter at the base, the lobes oblong-obovate, very obtuse, about as long as the tube; anthers linear, 2-2.5 mm. long, inserted, near the base of the corolla-tube, wholly included; berries broadly ovoid, 18-20 mm. long, 9-12 mm. broad, yellow, containing a single seed.
Type locality: Colombia.
Distribution: British Honduras; also in Colombia.

Lacmellea edulis, common name: chicle muyu, is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae native to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.