Pouteria cladantha
Sandwith
Abiurana seca
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The sweet fruit are eaten raw.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in lowland mixed rainforest. It grows on non flooded land up to 800 m altitude.
Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows up to 30 m high. The trunk can be 80 cm across. There can be buttresses 2 m high. The young shoots have very small hairs. The leaves are spaced and arranged in spirals. The leaves are 6.8-15 cm long and 2.5-7.5 cm wide. They are broadly sword shaped. There are 9-15 pairs of secondary veins. The flowers occur in tufts of 3-20 flowers. The flowers can contain both sexes or have one sex on separate trees. The flowers are greenish-yellow. The fruit are 1.8-3 cm long. They are oval or round. The fruit ripen to yellow. The fruit is sweet and edible. The pulp is clear. There is one seed. The seed is 1.4-2.2 cm long.
Notes
There are about 150-320 Pouteria species. They grow in the tropics.
Names & Synonyms
Acuchipuru mira, Cacho venado, Caramuri preto, Haimara kushi, Palo de ardilla, Pulguilloa, Quinilla
References (8)
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- Van Roosmalen, M.G.M., & Garcia, O. M., 2000, Fruits of the Amazonian Forest. Part 2: Sapotaceae. Acta Amazonica 30(2): 187-290
