Pouteria bullata (S.Moore) Baehni

A tree. It loses many of its leaves during the year. It grows 10-16 m tall. The trunk has grooves along it. The young branches have a brown covering. The leaves are papery. They are near the ends of branches. The leaves are 18-28 cm long. There are hairs on the under surface. The flowers are in groups of 3-5 on bare branches. The fruit are oval and yellow. They are 6 cm long. There is 1 seed.

Gallery forests.Found mainly on slopes in clay soils, also in the interior of dense forests in naturally open or cleared areas.

The very ripe fruit are eaten fresh.

Plants are grown from seed. The seeds are collected from ripe fruit that have been stored in piles to allow them to partly decompose than washed out in running water. Seeds need to be planted fresh. They should be in light shade. Seedlings emerge in 60-70 days.