Pouteria venosa subsp. amazonica

Family: Sapotaceae

What it is like

A tree. It grows 12-24 m high. The crown is round and dense. The trunk is 30-60 cm high. The bark is wrinkled and cracked. The leaves are towards the ends of the branches. The leaves are 7-21 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. They have 8-14 pairs of secondary veins. The leaf stalk is 1-3 cm long and has a groove along it. The flowers are in the axils of leaves that have fallen. There are 1-6 bisexual flowers. The fruit is a berry 4-8 cm across. There are 1-3 seeds.

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

Where it is found

A tropical plant. It grows in the Amazon and on the southern coast of Brazil.

Countries/locations it is found in

Amazon, Brazil (country/location of origin), French Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela

How it is used for food

The fruit are eaten fresh.

They are not very popular.

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

Plants can be grown from seed. The ripe fruit are harvested and the seed removed. Fresh seed are planted. They germinate in 40-60 days.

Plants grow quickly.

Its other names

Local names

Abiurana, Bapeba, Bapeba-pessego, Guaca-de-leite, Quebra-serra, Kamahora, Aiomora kushi

Synonyms

Lucuma dissepala (Krause) Ducke; Lucuma duckei Huber; Lucuma littoralis (Martius) Radlik.; Pouteria dasystyla Rizzini; Pouteria dissepala (Krause) Rizzini; Pouteria dasystyla var. abaetensis Rizzini; Pouteria marginata var. impressa Rizzini; Pouteria marginata sensu Rizzini; Radlkoferella littoralis (Mart.) Pierre; Vitellaria dissepala Krause; Vitellaria littoralis (Martius) Radlk.;