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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

Pouteria bull<strong>at</strong>a (S. Moore) Baehni<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

PORTUGUESE: abiurana<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Pennington 1990<br />

Pouteria butyrocarpa (Kuhlm.) Penn.<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

PORTUGUESE: cupão, fruta de manteiga, pão-do-m<strong>at</strong>o<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit reportedly is delicious. Cotyledons have a high oil<br />

content and may have potential commercial value.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Bahia and Espírito Santo, Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Pennington 1990<br />

Pouteria caimito (Ruiz & Pavón) Radlk. [syn. P. laurifolia (Gomes)<br />

Radlk., Achras caimito Ruiz & Pavón, Lab<strong>at</strong>ia caimito (Ruiz & Pavón)<br />

Mart., Lucuma caimito Roemer & Schultes, Lucuma lasiocarpa (Mart.)<br />

A. DC. in DC., Lucuma laurifolia (Gomes) DC.]<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

ENGLISH: asipoka, asipokoballi, canistel, egg fruit, yellow star<br />

apple<br />

PORTUGUESE: abeiro, abi, abiu, abiurana, abiurana-aquariquara,<br />

abiurana-do-caranzal, abiurana-seca, abiurana-vermelho, caimito,<br />

guapeba, ymaad<br />

SPANISH: abio, abiú, árbol de purma, auinaquina, caimitillo, caimito,<br />

caimo, cajui, cajure, canistel, cauje, caimitillo, madura verde,<br />

melaito, purgo, quëo, quinilla, quinilla caimitillo, sacha<br />

quinilla, temara, temare, temare amarillo, temari, temure, toa,<br />

tocino caimito, yarazo<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is considered among <strong>the</strong> best tasting sapotaceous<br />

fruits, though sticky l<strong>at</strong>ex makes it somewh<strong>at</strong> difficult to e<strong>at</strong>.<br />

Widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed, especially around homes, and sold in markets.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: uncertain, perhaps from Costa Rica through Amazonia, to<br />

coastal Brazil, perhaps first cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed in eastern Peru<br />

REFERENCES: Boom 1987, Bourke et al. 1987, Branch and Silva 1983,<br />

Cavalcante 1991, Clement 1989, Ducke 1946, Duke and Vásquez 1994,<br />

Guia Rural n.d., Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Leung 1961, Morton 1987a,<br />

Pennington 1990, Popenoe 1974, Silva et al. 1977<br />

Pouteria campechiana (Kunth) Baehni [syn. Lucuma campechiana Kunth,<br />

L. nervosa A. DC., L. palmeri Fern., L. salicifolia Kunth]<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

ENGLISH: canistel, egg fruit, jácana, mamee ciruela, Mexican<br />

sapodilla, yellow sapote<br />

PORTUGUESE: caimito<br />

SPANISH: caca de niño, caimitillo, caimito de monte, caniste, caniste<br />

zapotillo, caniste zapotillo blanco, canistel, fruta huevo, huevo<br />

vegetal, huicón, guacamo, guicume, huecamo, huecome nisperillo,<br />

huicame, huicume, kakixo, kanixte, lucuma, macuá, mante, narraco,<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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