Pouteria cayennensis

Pouteria cayennensis is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, and Venezuela.

Description

A tree. It grows 46 m tall. The trunk is 1 m across. It has 2 m high buttresses at the base. The bark is dark grey. Young shoots have rusty hairs. The leaves are in clusters and arranged in spirals. They are 9-17 cm long by 4-7 cm wide. They are broadly sword shaped. The flowers are in groups of 2-8. They are in the axils of leaves or clustered below the leaves. The fruit are 3.5 cm long by 2 cm wide. They are oval. There is one seed. It is about 2.3 cm long.

Edible Uses

The fruit is eaten.

Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in lowland mixed forests and lower mountain forests. It grows up to 1,200 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, South America, Venezuela,

Notes

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

Synonyms

Also Known As

Amarun-yek

References (6)

• Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 524
• 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 687
• Pennington, T.D., 1990, Sapotaceae in Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. New York Botanical Gardens. p 366
• 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.

More from Sapotaceae

Pouteria franciscana

Pouteria gardneri

Agauai grande, Gardner pouteria

Pouteria gardneriana

Aguai

Pouteria glauca

Pouteria glomerata

Abio, Glomerate pouteria

Pouteria glomerata subsp. stylosa