Pouteria collina (Little) T.D.Penn.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Pouteria

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 30 m high. The trunk can be 45 cm across. It can have low buttresses. The young shoots are hairy with golden brown hairs. The leaves are spaced and arranged in spirals. The leaves are 12.5-24 cm long by 5.7-10.1 cm wide. They are broadly oval. There are 13-18 pairs of secondary veins. The leaf stalk is 1-2 cm long. The flowers have both sexes. There are 5-10 flowers in tufts below the leaves. The fruit is 4-6 cm long. They become yellow-orange when ripe. The fruit are edible. There is one seed. The seed is 3.5-4.5 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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A tropical plant. It grows in lowland forest near sea level. It can grow in wet forest up to 650 m altitude.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Pouteria collina world distribution map, present in Ecuador

Conservation status

Pouteria collina threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1048092-2
WFO ID wfo-0000281648
COL ID 787FC
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pouteria collina Chrysophyllum collinum