Pouteria trilocularis
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | GDI 2013-2015
Description
A tree. It grows 35 m tall. The trunk is 75 cm across. The leaves are 13-32 cm long by 5-11 cm wide. The fruit are 4-5.5 cm long and oval to round.
Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests and on occasionally flooded land up to 1,100 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
Synonyms
Franchetella neblinaensis Aubrev.
Also Known As
Abiurana, Abiurana da casca grossa
References (4)
- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 51
- Philips, O., 1992, The potential for harvesting fruits in tropical rainforests: new data from Amazonian Peru. Biodiversity and Conservation 2, 18-38
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Van Roosmalen, M.G.M., & Garcia, O. M., 2000, Fruits of the Amazonian Forest. Part 2: Sapotaceae. Acta Amazonica 30(2): 187-290
