Pouteria egregia
Sandwith
Alofachi-boiti, Excellent pouteria
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Description
A tree. It grows up to 40 m high. The trunk can be 90 cm across. The buttresses are 2.5 m high. The young shoots have small hairs. The bark is rough and grey. The leaves are spaced. The are arranged in spirals. The leaves are 5-9 cm long by 2.5-3.3 cm wide. They are fattened sword shaped. There are 14-21 pairs of secondary veins. The leaves are pale green underneath. The leaf stalk is 3-9 mm long. The flowers occur in tufts of 5-15 in the axils and below the leaves. The flowers are of one sex. The separate sexes are on separate trees. The fruit are 1.8-2.7 cm long. The fruit become yellow to dull orange when ripe. The fruit is edible. There is one or occasionally 2 seeds. The seeds are 1.4-1.8 cm long.
Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in lowland rainforest on non flooded land. It can grow up to 800 m altitude.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,
Notes
There are about 150-320 Pouteria species. They grow in the tropics.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Abiu-pitomba, Alofachi-boiti, Cururu, Iratawa'y, Jaouri'a'y, Kleinbladig zwart riemhout, Kokeritiballi, Kokoritiballi, Pulgillo, Pulgillo amarillo, Purguillo, Purgillo aramillo
References (6)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 525
- 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 688
- Pennington, T.D., 1990, Sapotaceae in Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. New York Botanical Gardens. p 289
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 235
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
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- Van Roosmalen, M.G.M., & Garcia, O. M., 2000, Fruits of the Amazonian Forest. Part 2: Sapotaceae. Acta Amazonica 30(2): 187-290
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