Abiurana seca
Pouteria cladantha

Family: Sapotaceae

What it is like

A tree. It grows up to 30 m high. The trunk can be 80 cm across. There can be buttresses 2 m high. The young shoots have very small hairs. The leaves are spaced and arranged in spirals. The leaves are 6.8-15 cm long and 2.5-7.5 cm wide. They are broadly sword shaped. There are 9-15 pairs of secondary veins. The flowers occur in tufts of 3-20 flowers. The flowers can contain both sexes or have one sex on separate trees. The flowers are greenish-yellow. The fruit are 1.8-3 cm long. They are oval or round. The fruit ripen to yellow. The fruit is sweet and edible. The pulp is clear. There is one seed. The seed is 1.4-2.2 cm long.

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

Where it is found

A tropical plant. It grows in lowland mixed rainforest. It grows on non flooded land up to 800 m altitude.

Countries/locations it is found in

Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela

How it is used for food

The fruit are sweet and are eaten raw.

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Acuchipuru mira, Cacho venado, Caramuri preto, Haimara kushi, Palo de ardilla, Pulguilloa, Quinilla

Synonyms

Neoxythece cladantha (Sandwith) Aubreville; Pouteria loretensis Baehni; Richardella cladantha (Sandwith) Baehni;