Pouteria sambuensis (Pittier) Baehni

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Pouteria

Characteristics

Tree 10 m high; leaves glabrous, oblanceolate to obovate, acute at the base, acuminate at the tip, mostly 20-25 cm long and 5-9 cm wide; primary lateral veins about 13-15 pair; secondary lateral veins prominent, anastomosing, some-what irregular; petioles short, about 1-1.5 cm long; sepals 4, presumably large; other flower parts unknown; fruit sessile or subsessile, fleshy, densely hairy, ovoid, about 5.5 cm long, 4 cm thick, obscurely sulcate from base to top.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Pouteria sambuensis world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:789169-1
WFO ID wfo-0000282071
COL ID 4M7SR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Labatia sambuensis Lucuma sambuensis Pouteria sambuensis