Sideroxylon capiri subsp. tempisque

(Pittier) T. D. Pennington

Mastic, Sapotilla, Tempisque

Sapotaceae Edible: Fruit, Leaves 252 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A tree which loses its leaves. It grows 35 m high. The trunk can be 120 cm across. It has stout, simple buttresses to 2.5 m high. The bark is pale with slight cracks. The young leaves and shoots do not have hairs. The flowers are greenish-yellow. The fruit are green. They turn yellow or violet as they ripen.

Edible Uses

The fruit and leaves are edible and consumed fresh.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in seasonal semi-deciduous forest. It grows from sea level to 1500 m altitude.

Where It Grows

Belize, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, South America, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela,

Synonyms

Sideroxylon tempisque PittierMastichodendron capiri var. tempisque (Pittier) Cronquist

Also Known As

Acana, Casaguate, Cobac, Cosaguite, Danto amarilla, Maceta, Tempisque, Tempiste, Tempixte

References (6)

Grandtner, M. M., 2008, World Dictionary of Trees. Wood and Forest Science Department. Laval University, Quebec, Qc Canada. (Internet database http://www.wdt.qc.ca)
Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 603
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 801
Pennington, T.D., 1990, Sapotaceae in Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. New York Botanical Gardens. p 158
Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:158. 1990

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