Pouteria glomerata
(Miquel) Radlkofer
Abio, Glomerate pouteria
(c) Leandro Bareiro Guiñazú, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) Leandro Bareiro Guiñazú, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) Leandro Bareiro Guiñazú, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Fruit, Nuts
Fruit - raw. The flesh is fragrant. The oval to globose fruit is about 7cm long and 5cm wide with a very thick, hard shell and 4 fairly large seeds.
Known Hazards
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in wet forests. It is often along river banks and in flooded land. It grows from sea level to 1,300 m above sea level. It is native to Mexico and El Salvador. It can grow on limestone soils.
Amazon, Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, North America, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South America*, USA, Venezuela, Yucatan,
How to Identify
A medium sized tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk can be slightly fluted. The leaves are simple and alternate. The leaves are clustered at the ends of branches and arranged in spirals. They are 6-20 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The leaves are widest above the middle. The leaves are silvery underneath. The flowers are small and in clusters on the branches below the leaves. There are 2-10 in a group. The fruit are round with a short sharp point. They are 3-9 cm long. The fruit turn yellow when ripe. There can be one or several seeds.
Nutrition Score: 15/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit | 85.2 | — | 50 | 0.7 | — | — | — | — |
How to Grow
Plants can tolerate occasioal temperatures as low as -2°c.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Pouteria glomerata is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is distributed from Mexico to North-East Argentina. Its greatest presence is in Brazil, where it is known as abiurana-do-igapó (wetland abiurana). Mature fruit has a smooth and yellow pericarp, with four ovary locules. The subspecies Pouteria glomerata subsp. stylosa is endemic to the Amazon Basin, where it is called abiurana-roxa (purple abiurana). The subspecies Pouteria glomerata subsp. glomerata, formerly known as Pouteria hypoglauca, is native to Central America, and an edible fruit (called cinnamon apple), grown in Florida.
Other Information
The fruit is popular.
Notes
There are about 150-320 Pouteria species. They grow in the tropics.
Names & Synonyms
Abiurana, Caimito, Chocho, Cinnamon apple, Laranjinha-de-pacu, Macondje, Mameicillo, Marmelada, Moranguinha, Nisperillo, Pan de Vida, Parada, Thokob
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