Pouteria pallida
(C. F. Gaertn.) Baehni
SapotaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland rainforest and up to 600 m above sea level.
Dominica, Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Trinidad, Windward is.,
Countries: Dominica, Trinidad & Tobago
How to Identify
A large tree. The fruit are 4-7 cm long by 2 cm wide. They have onelarge seed.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Pouteria pallida is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Saint Lucia.
Names & Synonyms
Balata, Balata blanc
Lucuma pallida C. F. Gaertn.Neoxythece pallida (C. F. Gaertn.) Aubrev.Oxythece fabrilis PierreOxythece hahnianum Pierre ex DussOxythece pallida (C. F. Gaertn.) CronquistPlanchonella pallida (C. F. Gaertn.) BaehniPouteria fabrilis (Pierre) StehlePouteria hahniana (Pierre ex Duss) Stehle
References (2)
- Ferns, K., Useful Tropical Plants
- 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 694
