Chrysophyllum bombycinum

Pennington

Silky starapple

Sapotaceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A tree. It grows 25 m tall. The leaves are large and in tight clusters. There are between 1-20 flowers in a group. The fruit are round or oval and 4 cm long by 3.5 cm wide. They taper to the base and are yellow to orange. There are several seeds.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten.

Distribution

A tropical plant. It tends to grow in forests on white sand.

Where It Grows

Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America,

Notes

There are about 80-150 Chrysophyllum species. They are mostly in tropical America. There are 44 species in tropical America.

Also Known As

Abiurana-da-folha-gande, Balatillo, Caimitillo-hoja grande, Coquirana

References (6)

Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 130
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 223
Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 51
Pennington, T.D., 1990, Sapotaceae in Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. New York Botanical Gardens. p 588
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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