Sapotaceae FAMILY

Pouteria speciosa

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pouteria speciosa is an evergreen tree with a small, globose crown; it can grow 20 - 40 metres tall. The erect, cylindrical bole can be 50 - 80cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The edible fruit is popular locally and has the potential for cultivation[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree also yields a useful timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana.

HabitatLowlands that are not subject to inundation in the Amazon rainforest[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].