Pouteria campechiana

(Kunth) Baehni

Candollea 9: 398. 1942,.

Common names: Canistel zapotillo zapote blanco
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Lucuma campechiana Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 3(fol.): 188; 3(qto.): 240. 1819
Synonyms: Lucuma nervosa A. de Candolle
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 245. Mentioned on page 232.

Trees to 8 m. Leaves: petiole 10–25 (–45) mm, finely hairy; blade elliptic to oblanceolate or obovate, 80–250 (–330) × 30–80 (–150) mm, margins revolute. Pedicels 6–12 mm, densely hairy. Flowers: sepals ovate to suborbiculate, 4.5–11 mm; petals 8–12 mm, tube 5–6 (–8) mm; staminodes petaloid, 2–4 mm. Berries 25–70 mm, apex short-rostrate, surface smooth. Seeds 1–6, 20–40 mm.


Phenology: Flowering mid summer.
Habitat: Hardwood hammocks
Elevation: 0-5 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., Mexico, West Indies (Cuba), Central America

Discussion

Pouteria campechiana, native from Mexico to Panama, is frequently cultivated and escaped or persistent in the West Indies and Florida.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Pouteria campechiana"
short-rostrate +
Richard P. Wunderlin +  and R. David Whetstone +
(Kunth) Baehni +
acuminate +  and cuneate +
Lucuma campechiana +
with residual indument +  and glabrous +
ellipsoid +  and subglobose +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (33 cm330 mm <br />0.33 m <br />) +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
elliptic;oblanceolate or obovate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Canistel +, zapotillo +  and zapote blanco +
tubular +, cyathiform +  and rotate +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies (Cuba) +  and Central America +
Hardwood hammocks +
solitary +  and fascicles +
persistent +
divided +  and not divided +
2 +  and 1 +
defoliated +  and leafy +
basal +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
white;green +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Flowering mid summer. +
[1-]5-7[-30]-carpellate +
flattened +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
indurate +
distinct +
abaxially sericeous +  and puberulent +
ovate +  and suborbiculate +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
epipetalous +  and antipetalous +
incurved +  and erect +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
appressed-puberulent +  and glabrate +
lobed +  and capitate +
included +, exserted +  and terminal +
hairy +  and glabrous +
Lucuma nervosa +
Pouteria campechiana +
Pouteria +
species +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
evergreen +  and deciduous +
24 +, 14 +  and 13 +