Pouteria bilocularis
(Winkler) Baehni
Bilocular pouteria
Ingrid P. Lin
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in lowland rainforest on sand or clay. It can be on land which is flooded occasionally. It grows from sea level to 1200 m altitude.
Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows to 35 m high. The trunk is 40 cm across. There are buttresses 2 m high. The young shoots are smooth. The bark is finely cracked and scaly. The leaves are spaced and arranged in spirals. They are 5.5-15 cm long by 2.5-6 cm wide. They are fattened sword shaped. The leaf stalk is 0.5-1.8 cm long. The flowers occur in tufts of 2-20 flowers. They are in the axils of leaves. The flowers are usually of one sex. The flowers are greenish-yellow. The fruit are 2.5-6 cm long. They are yellowish-orange when ripe. The fruit is edible. There is one seed. The seed is 2-3.5 cm long.
Notes
There are about 150-320 Pouteria species. They grow in the tropics.
Names & Synonyms
Abiurana, Aimora kushi, Gallo runto, Maparajuba, Moraballi, Quinilla
References (7)
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- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 51
- Pennington, T.D., 1990, Sapotaceae in Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. New York Botanical Gardens. p 283
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- van Andel, T., 2000, Useful plants of Guyana. Non-timber forest products of the North-West District of Guyana. Part 2. A Field Guide. Tropenbos-Guyana Programme. p 305
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