Pouteria chiricana

(Standl.) Baehni

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical tree in the Sapotaceae family with edible fruit.

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Pouteria chiricana is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Panama.

Names & Synonyms

Nispero, Nispero de monte

Lucuma chiricana Standl.

References (1)

Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 687