View source for Pouteria ← Pouteria You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Pouteria |accepted_authority=Aublet |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Hist. Pl. Guiane |place=1: 85, plate 33. 1775 , }} |common_names=Egg-fruit |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Sapotaceae;Pouteria |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Sapotaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pouteria]]</div></div> |etymology=Galibi name pourama-pouteri |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 233 |treatment_page=page 244 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form"><b>Trees.</b></span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>not armed, sericeous or appressed-puberulent to glabrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement or growth form"><b>Leaves </b>persistent, alternate, usually clustered apically;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stipule presence">stipules absent [present];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petiole presence">petiole present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="base shape;apex shape;surface pubescence;surface pubescence">blade: base acuminate to cuneate, apex obtuse or acute to acuminate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy adaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>fascicles or solitary flowers.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal atypical quantity;sepal quantity;sepal arrangement;sepal pubescence;whorl quantity"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals [4–] 5–6 in 1 whorl, imbricate, abaxially sericeous to puberulent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal atypical quantity;petal atypical quantity;petal quantity;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal pubescence;lobe architecture or shape;lobe height or length or size">petals [4–] 5–7 [–9], green or white [pink or red], abaxially sparsely hairy, lobes undivided, [exceeding] shorter than corolla-tube;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity;stamen fusion">stamens [4–] 5–7 [–9], distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="staminode atypical quantity;staminode atypical quantity;staminode quantity;staminode arrangement;staminode orientation;staminode orientation;staminode architecture;staminode pubescence">staminodes [4–] 5–7 [–9], alternate with stamens, erect or incurved, petaloid, glabrous [hairy];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil [1–] 5–7 [–30] -carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary pubescence">ovary [1–] 5–7 [–15] -locular, hairy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower placentation">placentation axile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="berry coloration;berry shape;berry pubescence;berry pubescence"><b>Berries </b>[orange, yellow, green] brown [red, purple, black], ellipsoid to subglobose, glabrous or with residual indument near base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed atypical quantity;seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>1–6 [–10], brown, laterally flattened;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="embryo orientation">embryo vertical;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="hilum shape">hilum linear to ovate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="">endosperm [present] absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="endosperm presence;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 13, 14, 24.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Lucuma Molina</p><!-- --><p>Species ca. 325 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Some species of Pouteria are of economic importance, including the well-known abiu, P. caimito (Ruiz & Pavón) Radlkofer, noted for fruits of commerce. Wood from some species is important in the production of furniture, heavy wood implements, cross-ties, etc.</p><!-- --><p>Pouteria domingensis (C. F. Gaertner) Baehni, native in the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola and cultivated in southern Florida, was reported as naturalized in southern Florida by R. W. Long and O. Lakela (1971) and T. D. Pennington (1990). No specimens from there have been seen.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Pouteria |author=Richard P. Wunderlin;R. David Whetstone |authority=Aublet |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Sapotaceae |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Hist. Pl. Guiane |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V8/V8_505.xml |genus=Pouteria |apex shape=acute;acuminate |base shape=acuminate;cuneate |berry coloration=brown |berry pubescence=with residual indument;glabrous |berry shape=ellipsoid;subglobose |embryo orientation=vertical |endosperm presence=absent |flower placentation=axile |hilum shape=linear;ovate |inflorescence arrangement=solitary;fascicles |leaf arrangement=alternate |leaf arrangement or growth form=clustered |leaf duration=persistent |lobe architecture or shape=undivided |lobe height or length or size=shorter |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=[1-]5-7[-15]-locular |ovary pubescence=hairy |petal atypical quantity=7;9 |petal coloration=white;green |petal pubescence=hairy |petal quantity=5;7 |petiole presence=absent |pistil architecture=[1-]5-7[-30]-carpellate |seed atypical quantity=6;10 |seed coloration=brown |seed quantity=1;6 |seed shape=flattened |sepal arrangement=imbricate |sepal atypical quantity=4;5 |sepal pubescence=abaxially sericeous;puberulent |sepal quantity=5;6 |stamen atypical quantity=7;9 |stamen fusion=distinct |stamen quantity=5;7 |staminode architecture=petaloid |staminode arrangement=alternate |staminode atypical quantity=7;9 |staminode orientation=incurved;erect |staminode pubescence=glabrous |staminode quantity=5;7 |stem architecture=not armed |stem pubescence=appressed-puberulent;glabrate |stipule presence=absent |surface pubescence=hairy;glabrous |whole_organism growth form=tree |whorl quantity=1 |x chromosome quantity=24;14;13 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Sapotaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Sapotaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Pouteria.