Elaeoluma

Elaeoluma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Subfamily:	Chrysophylloideae
Genus:	Elaeoluma Baill.
Synonyms [1] [2]
Gymnoluma Baill.

Elaeoluma is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1891. ^{[3] [4]}

Elaeoluma is native to Central and South America. ^[1]

Species

Five species are accepted. ^[5]

• Elaeoluma crispa T.D.Penn - Venezuela (Amazonas)
• Elaeoluma ferruginea Alves-Araújo – Venezuela
• Elaeoluma glabrescens (Mart. & Eichler) Aubrév. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
• Elaeoluma nuda (Baehni) Aubrév. - Suriname, Venezuela, N Brazil
• Elaeoluma schomburgkiana (Miq.) Baill. - Guyana, S Venezuela, N Brazil

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References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1891. Histoire des Plantes 11: 292 in Latin
3. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1891. Histoire des Plantes 11: 293–294 in Latin
4. Tropicos, Elaeoluma Baill.
5. "Elaeoluma Baill". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 6 April 2025.
6. Carneiro, Ana Lúcia Basílio; Teixeira, Maria Francisca Simas; Oliveira, Viviana Maria Araújo de; Fernandes, Ormezinda Celeste Cristo; Cauper, Gláucia Socorro de Barros; Pohlit, Adrian Martin (February 2008). "Screening of Amazonian plants from the Adolpho Ducke forest reserve, Manaus, state of Amazonas, Brazil, for antimicrobial activity". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 103 (1): 31–38. doi: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000100005 . hdl: 1807/57449 . ISSN   0074-0276. PMID   18368234.
7. Oliveira, Viviana Maria Araújo de; Carneiro, Ana Lucia Basilio; Cauper, Glaucia Socorro de Barros; Pohlit, Adrian Martin (2009). "In vitro screening of Amazonian plants for hemolytic activity and inhibition of platelet aggregation in human blood". Acta Amazonica. 39 (4): 973–980. doi: 10.1590/S0044-59672009000400026 . ISSN   0044-5967.