Pouteria penicillata

Baehni

Fine-leaved kamahora

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Amazon, Brazil, Guyana*, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tall tropical tree in the Sapotaceae family growing to 33 m with a trunk up to 50 cm across. The fruit is edible.

Source ↗

Pouteria penicillata is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Guyana.

Names & Synonyms

Pseudolabatia penicillata (Baehni) Aubrev.

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 695