Chrysophyllum scalare

Pennington

Bladderlike starapple

Sapotaceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A tree. It grows 30 m tall. It has heavy buttresses. Young shoots have fine brown hairs. The leaves are in loose clusters at the ends of shoots. They are in spirals. They are 18024 cm long by 10-18 cm wide. They have short hairs underneath.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten.

Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in cloud forests between 1,100-1,600 m above sea level and in evergreen forests between 200-700 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Peru, South America, Venezuela,

Notes

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

References (2)

Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 131
Pennington, T.D., 1990, Sapotaceae in Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. New York Botanical Gardens. p 590