Pouteria reticulata (Engl.) Eyma

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Pouteria

Characteristics

A tree up to 40 m high. The trunk can be 50-100 cm across. It can have buttresses 2 m high. The bark is brown to pale grey. The veins that form a network are not raised on the upper leaf surface. The flowers are greenish-white to cream. They can have a sweet scent. The fruit stalk is 0.2-0.8 cm long. The fruit become orange, red, purple or black when ripe.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in drier semi-deciduous forest. It can also be in lowland rainforest. It can be in humid mountain forest up to 1500 m altitude. It also occurs occasionally in forest which is sometimes flooded.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible fruits
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Images

Leaf

Pouteria reticulata leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Pouteria reticulata leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Pouteria reticulata leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Pouteria reticulata fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Pouteria reticulata world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Pouteria reticulata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:209864-2
WFO ID wfo-0000282034
COL ID 4M7RV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 735099
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Synonyms

Pouteria anibifolia Pouteria cearensis Pouteria meyeri Sideroxylon hondurense Sideroxylon meyeri Lucuma anibifolia Lucuma minutiflora Sideroxylon uniloculare Chrysophyllum reticulatum Franchetella unilocularis Franchetella anibifolia Franchetella reticulata Pouteria hondurensis Pouteria reticulata subsp. reticulata Pouteria unilocularis Pouteria reticulata