Pourouma

Pourouma is a genus of at least 20–25 species of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae, or alternately, the Cecropiaceae, native to tropical regions of Central and South America.^[1][2]

Pourouma
Pourouma guianensis leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Urticaceae
Tribe:	Cecropieae
Genus:	Pourouma Aubl.
Species
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The species are trees growing to 20 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, palmately veined, with an entire margin. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The fruit is fleshy.^[2]

Selected species

• Pourouma bicolor
• Pourouma bolivarensis^[3]
• Pourouma cecropiifolia — Amazon grape, mapati
• Pourouma cordata^[4]
• Pourouma montana^[4]
• Pourouma napoensis^[5]
• Pourouma oraria
• Pourouma petiolulata
• Pourouma saulensis^[3]
• Pourouma stipulacea^[3]