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Taxon:
Pouteria caimito
(Ruiz & Pav.) Radlk.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Pouteria
Family:
Sapotaceae
Subfamily:
Chrysophylloideae
Nomen number:
29549
Place of publication:
Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 12:312. 1882
Verified:
03/18/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Achras caimito
Ruiz & Pav.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Lucuma caimito
(Ruiz & Pav.) Roem. & Schult.
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Reference(s)
Boggan, J. et al.
1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin.
2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Pennington, T. D.
1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:475, 478-480.
URL:
http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
Reitz, R., ed.
1965-. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
Vasquez, R. & A. H. Gentry.
1989. Use and misuse of forest-harvested fruits in the Iquitos area. Conservation Biol. 3:350-361.
Note:
commercially important in the city of Iquitos, Peru
Villachica, H.
1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 44:69-74.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
English
caimito –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
abiu –
Reference(s)
Spanish
caimo –
Reference(s)
cauje –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Amazonian & coastal regions
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Native
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
(Amazonian & coastal regions)
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
potential as fruit
Villachica, H.
1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 44:69-74.
Name
References