Pouteria chiricana (Standl.) Baehni

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Pouteria

Characteristics

Tree to 30 m. Leaves with petioles 6-17 mm long; blades elliptic or oblong-elliptic to somewhat obovate, acuminate, 8-16 cm long, 2.5-6.2 cm broad, glabrous or sparsely sericeous below along the midrib, usually conspicuously reticulate-veiny beneath, the secondary laterals irregularly anastomosing, often slightly raised below. Flowers subsessile in small axillary clusters; sepals 5, 2.2-2.6 mm long, closely pubescent, the outer ovate, the inner oblong-spatulate; corolla tubular or campanulate, 3-3.2 mm long, the lobes 5, ca 2 mm long, rounded; staminodes small and inconspicuous; ovary 4-locular. Fruit ca 3.5 cm long, broadly ellipsoid, smooth, 1-seeded, narrowed to a ? definite, short and broad, stipitate base; seed ellipsoid, ca 2.4 cm long and 1.8 cm broad, the seed-coat dull, with a fine raised honeycomb pattern on the external surface, 0.5-0.7 mm thick, the scar oblanceolate, ca 8 mm.broad, extending the length of the seed.
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Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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It is a tropical plant.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Pouteria chiricana world distribution map, present in Costa Rica and Panama

Conservation status

Pouteria chiricana threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:788868-1
WFO ID wfo-0000281633
COL ID 6VVFC
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Synonyms

Pouteria chiricana Lucuma chiricana