Pouteria gardneri
(Martius & Miquel) Baehni
Agauai grande, Gardner pouteria
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Fruit - raw. The fruit contains a single seed surrounded by a slightly sweet, fleshy pulp. The fruit is about 2cm in diameter.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. In Bolivia it grows up to 600-1000 m altitude. The rainfall is 1000 mm per year.
Andes, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, South America,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 7-10 m high. The trunk is 30-40 cm across. The young shoots are hairy. The leaves are alternate and loosely clustered near the ends of branches. The leaves are 6-18 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. They taper towards the base. The leaf stalk is 3-9 mm long. The flowers are of one sex with different sexes on separate plants. The flowers occur in clusters of 1-3 flowers in the axils of leaves. The flowers are greenish. The fruit stalk is 0.4-1 cm long. It is slender and can be hairy. The fruit is fleshy with a hard stone. The fruit are 1-1.7 cm long. It is black when ripe. The fruit is edible. The seed is 0.9-1.4 cm long.
How to Grow
Plants are grown from seed. Ripe fruit are harvested and the seeds removed and planted fresh. They germinate in 40-70 days.
Propagation: Seed - best sown as soon as ripe. Sow in a nursery seedbed in a sunny position. Germination usually takes place in 6 - 10 weeks, though the percentage that germinate is normally low.
Other Uses
The wood is heavy, hard, straight grained and of medium to fine texture. It has good mechanical properties and is moderately durable. It is only used locally, being employed in construction, cabinet making and external work.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Pouteria gardneri is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is a tree native to Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Its conservation status is insufficiently known.
Other Information
The fruit are not very popular.
Notes
There are about 150-320 Pouteria species. They grow in the tropics.
Names & Synonyms
Aguai-guacu, Frutinha-de-veado, Iba disha, Ihvacurumbicha, Leitero folha miuda, Leiteiro-preto, Massaranduba vermelha, Sapotinha, Tadumo, Traponu-icha
References (9)
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- Pennington, T.D., 1990, Sapotaceae in Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. New York Botanical Gardens. p 271
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