Pouteria simulans

Monachino

Trompillo

Sapotaceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A tree. It grows to 25 m high. The young shoots are hairy. The leaves are spaced or loosely clustered. They are arranged in spirals. The leaves are 11.2-22 cm long by 3.2-9 cm wide. They are broadly oval. There are 10-12 pairs of secondary veins. The flowers contain both sexes. The flowers occur as 1-5 flowers in tufts in the axils of leaves. They are white. The fruit are 3.5-4 cm long. They are dull orange. There is one seed. It is 2.5-2.7 cm long.

Edible Uses

The fruit is edible.

Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen lowland and mountain forest. It grows between 200-1500 m altitude.

Where It Grows

Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, South America, Venezuela,

Notes

There are about 150-320 Pouteria species. They grow in the tropics.

Also Known As

Anumu, Purgo-macho, Similar pouteria, Trompillo

References (5)

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 530
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 696
Pennington, T.D., 1990, Sapotaceae in Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. New York Botanical Gardens. p 275
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.