Pouteria dominigensis

(C. F. Gaertner) Baehni

Jocuma

Sapotaceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A tree. It grows 10 m tall. The leaves are 4-13 cm long. They are 2-6 cm wide. The flowers occur as several in a group in the axils of leaves. The fruit are yellow and fleshy. They are 2-5 cm long and 3-6 cm wide. There are 1 to several seeds.

Edible Uses

The fruit is eaten.

Distribution

A tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Bahamas, Central America, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, North America, Panama, Puerto Rico, USA, West Indies,

Notes

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

Synonyms

Achras vitellina TussacLucuma dominigense C. F. GaertnerLucuma nitidula (Engl.) Engl.Lucuma pauciflora A.DC.Lucuma serpentaria KunthPouteria moaensis AlainRadlkoferella dominigensis (C. F. Gaertn.) PierreRadlkoferella nitidula (Engl.) PierreRadlkoferella pauciflora (A.DC.) PierreRadlkoferella serpentaria (Kunth) PierreVitellaria nitidula Engl.Vitellaria pauciflora (A.DC.) Radlk.Vitellaria serpentaria (Kunth) Radlk.

References (8)

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)
Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 387 (As Lucuma serpentaria)
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
Pilz, G. E., 1981, Sapotaceae of Panama. Annals of Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol. 68. No. 1 p 177
Pennington, T.D., 1990, Sapotaceae in Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. New York Botanical Gardens. p 407

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Plants of Haiti Smithsonian Institute http://botany.si.edu/antilles/West Indies
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
F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 3:190[folio]; 3:242[quarto]. 1819 (As Lucuma serpentaria)