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Latin name	Pouteria calistophylla (Standl.) Baehni
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) MW South America (Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym	Lucuma calistophyllla Standl.
English name	coloured pouteria
French name	poutéria coloré
Spanish name	mameicillo (Panama); sapotillo colorado (Costa Rica)
Other name	elso (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Pouteria campechiana (Kunth) Baehni
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; Cuba, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->mes calc sili
Use	dr fd (fruits) fr ma (latex) ti (boats, interior and exterior carpentry, furniture, heavy construction)
Synonym	Lucuma campechiana Kunth Lucuma glabrifolia Pittier Lucuma heyderi Standl. Lucuma inseparabilis (Pierre) Dubard Lucuma laeteviridis Pittier Lucuma nervosa A.DC. Lucuma palmeri Fernald Lucuma rivicoa var. angustifolia Miq. Lucuma salicifolia Kunth Lucuma sphaerocarpa A.DC. Pouteria campechiana var. nervosa (A.DC.) Baehni Pouteria campechiana var. palmeri (Fernald) Baehni Pouteria campechiana var. salicifolia (Kunth) Baehni Pouteria glabrifolia (Pittier) Cronquist Pouteria laeteviridis (Pittier) Lundell Pouteria mante Lundell Radlkoferella glabrifolia (Pittier) Aubrév. Radlkoferella inseparabilis Pierre Radlkoferella sphaerocarpa (A.DC.) Pierre Richardella campechiana (Kunth) Pierre Richardella nervosa (A.DC.) Pierre Richardella salicifolia (Kunth) Pierre Sideroxylon campestre Brandegee Vitellaria campechiana (Kunth) Engl. Vitellaria nervosa (A.DC.) Radlk. Vitellaria salicifolia (Kunth) Engl. Vitellaria sphaerocarpa (A.DC.) Radlk. Vitellaria tenuifolia Engl. Xantolis palmeri (Fernald) Baehni
English name	canistel pouteria; canistel (USA); egg-fruit (Bahamas); eggfruit-tree (USA); mamey (Belize)
French name	poutéria de Campeche
Spanish name	caca de niño (Guatemala, Mexico); caniste (Mexico); caniste zapotillo, caniste zapotillo blanco (Guatemala); canistel (Cuba, Honduras); guacamo (Mexico); guaicume, guicume, güicume (El Salvador); huecamo, huicame, huicume (Mexico); limoncillo (Guatemala); mamee ciruela, mamee cirvela, mamey cerea, mamey cerilla (Belize); mamey de Campeche, mante (Mexico); narraco (Honduras); nisperillo (Panama); ocotillo (Mexico); sapotillo rojo, silillon (Belize); yema de huevo (Honduras); zapote (Nicaragua); zapote amarillo (Honduras, Mexico); zapote blanco (Mexico); zapote borracho (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico); zapote de niño, zapote mante (Mexico); zapotillo (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras); zapotillo blanco, zapotillo blanco caniste, zapotillo de montaña, zapuyul (Guatemala)
Other name	cakixó (Guatemala); canizte (maya); cucumú (totonaco); kakixo (Guatemala); k'anixté (Mexico); kanizte, zac-xa-nal (maya, Belize); zubul (maya)
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Latin name	Pouteria chiricana (Standl.) Baehni
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	fd
Synonym	Lucuma chiricana Standl.
English name	Chiriqué pouteria
French name	poutéria de Chiriqué
Spanish name	nispero (Costa Rica, Panama); nispero colorado, nispero de monte (Panama)
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Latin name	Pouteria congestifolia Pilz
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name	crowdedleaves pouteria
French name	poutéria touffu
Spanish name	zapotillo (Honduras)
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Latin name	Pouteria cubensis Baehni
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use
Synonym	Labatia grandifolia Urb.
English name	Cuban pouteria
French name	poutéria de Cuba
Spanish name	guayabilla de la Maestra (Cuba)
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Latin name	Pouteria cuspidata (A.DC.) Baehni
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use
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English name	cuspidate pouteria
French name	poutéria cuspidé
Spanish name	avio
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Latin name	Pouteria cuspidata ssp. dura (Eyma) T.D.Penn.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NC NW MW MC South America (Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	[sili]
Use
Synonym	Chrysophyllum wurdackii (Aubrév.) Bernardi Neoxythece dura (Eyma) Aubrév. & Pellegr. Neoxythece schulzii Aubrév. Neoxythece wurdackii Aubrév. Pouteria dura Eyma Sideroxylon cuspidatum var. crassifolium Miq. Sideroxylon durum Klotzsch ex Miq.
English name	hard cuspidate pouteria; bastard kooteritiballi, kokeritiballi (Guyana)
French name	poutéria cuspidé dur
Spanish name	caimitillo (Peru); chuponcillo, pendarito (Venezuela)
Other name	abiurana, abiurana arana, pau doce (Brazil); kurassini, moraballi koeleroe, pientobolletrie (Suriname)
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Latin name	Pouteria cuspidata ssp. robusta (Mart. & Eichler) T.D.Penn.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	[hyg] [sili]
Use	fd ti
Synonym	Neoxythece robusta (Mart. & Eichler) Aubrév. & Pellegr. Oxythece robusta (Mart. & Eichler) Pierre Oxythece robusta var. brevipetiolata Monach. Pouteria robusta (Mart. & Eichler) Eyma Pouteria robusta var. longifolia Eyma Sideroxylon robustum Mart. & Eichler
English name	robust cuspidate pouteria
French name	poutéria cuspidé robuste
Spanish name	balata singe rouge (French Guiana); caimito, nispero (Colombia); temare, yuquito (Venezuela)
Other name	abiurana (Brazil); boroweballi (Suriname); cabecudo, maparajuba (Brazil); yanmas (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Pouteria dictyoneura (Griseb.) Radlk.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	calc
Use	ma ti
Synonym
English name	netted pouteria
French name	poutéria caracolet; caracolet (Haiti)
Spanish name	arbusto mito de perro (Cuba); caracol (Dominican Republic); cocuyo (Cuba, Puerto Rico); cuero de puerco (Dominican Republic); sapote culebra de costa, sapote culebra de custa (Cuba); tomasina (Dominican Republic); vigueta peluda (Cuba)
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Latin name	Pouteria dictyoneura (Griseb.) Radlk. ssp. dictyoneura
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology
Use	ti
Synonym	Labatia dictyoneura (Griseb.) Griseb. Lucuma dictyoneura (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. Paralabatia dictyoneura (Griseb.) Pierre Pouteria dictyoneura var. typica Baehni Sideroxylon dictyoneuron Griseb.
English name	typical netted pouteria
French name	pouteria caracolet typique
Spanish name	arcalita, caimito de pero, cocuyo de fruto chico, mariquita, orcalita, sapote culebra de costa, vigueta peluda
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Latin name	Pouteria dictyoneura ssp. fuertesii (Urb.) Cronquist
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
Use
Synonym	Paralabatia fuertesii Urb. Paralabatia portoricensis Britton & P.Wilson Pouteria dictyoneura var. fuertesii (Urb.) Baehni
English name	Fuertes netted pouteria
French name	poutéria caracolet de Fuertes; caracolet (Haiti)
Spanish name	caracol (Dominican Republic); cocuyo (Cuba); cuero de puerco (Dominican Republic); culebra de costa (Cuba); cuya; sapote (Cuba); tabloncillo prieto; tomasina (Dominican Republic)
Other name	karakole (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Pouteria dominigensis (C.F.Gaertn.) Baehni
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fd (fruits)
Synonym
English name	DominicanRepublic pouteria; egg-fruit (Bahamas)
French name	poutéria de la République Dominicaine; genievre, jaune d'oeuf (Haiti)
Spanish name	locuma (Dominican Republic); sapote culebra, signafa (Cuba); totuma (Dominican Republic)
Other name	jènièv, jòn dèf, toti mawon (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Pouteria dominigensis ssp. cuprea (Urb. & Ekman) T.D.Penn.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti; Dominican Republic: Cordillera Septentrional, Península del Noroeste)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology
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Synonym	Lucuma cuprea Urb. & Ekman Pouteria dominigensis var. cuprea (Urb. & Ekman) Cronquist Pouteria dominigensis f. cuprea (Urb. & Ekman) Baehni
English name	coppery DominicanRepublic pouteria
French name	poutéria de la République Dominicaine cuivré; genièvre, jaune d'oeuf, toti marron (Haiti)
Spanish name	totuma (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Pouteria dominigensis (C.F.Gaertn.) Baehni ssp. dominigensis
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama, USA: Florida; Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	sili
Use	fd (fruits)
Synonym	Achras vitellina Tussac Lucuma dominigense C.F.Gaertner Lucuma dominigensis C.F.Gaertner Lucuma nitidula (Engl.) Engl. Lucuma pauciflora A.DC. Lucuma pauciflora var. elliptica A.DC. Lucuma pauciflora f. latifolia Griseb. Lucuma serpentaria Kunth Lucuma serpentaria var. domingensis (C.F.Gaertn.) Dubard Lucuma serpentaria var. elliptica (A.DC.) M.Gómez Lucuma serpentaria var. pauciflora (A.DC.) M.Gómez Pouteria dominigensis (C.F.Gaertn.) Cronquist var. dominigensis Radlkoferella domingensis (C.F.Gaertn.) Pierre Radlkoferella nitidula (Engl.) Pierre Radlkoferella pauciflora (A.DC.) Pierre Radlkoferella serpentaria (Kunth) Pierre Vitellaria nitidula Engl. Vitellaria pauciflora (A.DC.) Radlk. Vitellaria serpentaria (Kunth) Radlk.
English name	typical DominicanRepublic pouteria; egg fruit (Bahamas)
French name	pouteria de la République Dominicaine typique; genièvre, jaune d'oeuf, toti marron (Haiti)
Spanish name	acana, jácana (Puerto Rico); jocuma (Cuba); locuma (Dominican Republic); sapolillo, sapote culebra, siguapa (Cuba); tocuma, totuma (Dominican Republic); totuna; yema de huevo (Cuba)
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Latin name	Pouteria durlandii (Standl.) Baehni
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N MW MC SE South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Sao Paulo)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name	Chiapas pouteria
French name	poutéria du Chiapas
Spanish name	zapotillo (Belize, Honduras)
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Latin name	Pouteria durlandii (Standl.) Baehni ssp. durlandii
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	[E]
Ecology	hyg? calc
Use	fd (fruits)
Synonym	Lucuma durlandii Standl. Paralabatia belizensis (Lundell) Lundell Paralabatia durlandii (Standl.) Aubrév. Paralabatia potosina (Lundell) Lundell Peteniodendron belizense Lundell Peteniodendron durlandii (Standl.) Lundell Peteniodendron potosinum (Lundell) Lundell Pouteria potosina Lundell Pouteria suffulta Baehni
English name	typical Chiapas pouteria; mamey cedera, mamey cederia, mamey cerera, mammy cedera, plantain stick, wild mammee (Belize)
French name	poutéria du Chiapas typique
Spanish name	avalo; caimito (Nicaragua); cosahuico (Mexico); lucumito (Bolivia); zapotillo (Belize, Guatemala); zapotillo avalo; zapotillo blanco (Guatemala)
Other name	asipokoballi (Guyana)
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Latin name	Pouteria euryphylla (Standl.) Baehni
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym	Labatia euryphylla (Standl.) Standl. Lucuma euryphylla Standl.
English name	broadleaf pouteria
French name	poutéria à feuilles larges
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Latin name	Pouteria exfoliata T.D.Penn.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym	Dipholis parvifolia Standl.
English name	exfoliate pouteria
French name	pouteria exfolié
Spanish name	nispero (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Pouteria filiformis T.D.Penn.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use
Synonym
English name	filiform pouteria
French name	poutéria filiforme
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Latin name	Pouteria filipes Eyma
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fd
Synonym	Pseudolabatia filipes (Eyma) Aubrév.
English name	threadlike pouteria
French name	poutéria mince
Spanish name	buyero (Venezuela); caimitillo (Peru); zapote (Nicaragua)
Other name	abiurana (Brazil); kamahora (Guyana); zwarte jamboka (Suriname)
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Latin name	Pouteria fossicola Cronquist
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	fd (fruits)
Synonym	Calocarpum borucanum Standl. & L.O.Williams ex P.H.Allen Calocarpum borucanum Standl. & L.O.Williams ex Pilz Calocarpum fossicolum (Cronquist) Lundell Grias megacarpa Dwyer
English name	mamey pouteria
French name	poutéria mamey
Spanish name	kure (Nicaragua); mamey, mamey de injerto, mamey verde (Panama); sapote, zapote (Costa Rica); zapote de monte (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Pouteria foveolata T.D.Penn.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg?
Use
Synonym
English name	foveolate pouteria
French name	poutéria fovéal
Spanish name	chico ruiz (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Pouteria glomerata (Pohl ex Miq.) Radlk.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	ti (cabinet work, construction)
Synonym
English name	glomerate pouteria
French name	poutéria à glomérules
Spanish name	níspero de montaña, zapotillo, zapotillo amarillo, zapotillo negro (Honduras)
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Latin name	Pouteria glomerata (Pohl ex Miq.) Radlk. ssp. glomerata
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fd (fruits) ti
Synonym	Abatia glomerata (Miq.) Radlk. Guapeba glomerata (Miq.) Pierre Guapeba parinarioides (Radlk.) Pierre Labatia glomerata Pohl ex Miq. Labatia glomerata (Pohl ex Miq.) Radlk. Labatia parinarioides Radlk. Labatia parviflora Pittier Lucuma glomerata Miq. Lucuma hypoglauca Standl. Neolabatia glomerata (Miq.) Aubrév. Neolabatia hypoglauca (Standl.) Aubrév. Neolabatia parviflora (Pittier) Aubrév. Pouteria glomerata var. glabrescens Huber Pouteria pittieri Baehni Pouteria weddelliana Pierre Richardella glomerata (Miq.) Baehni Richardella glomerata var. glabrescens Huber Richardella glomerata (Miq.) Baehni var. glomerata Richardella hypoglauca (Standl.) Baehni
English name	typical glomerate pouteria
French name	poutéria à glomérules typique
Spanish name	abio (Ecuador); bawquetero, boquetero (Venezuela); chicosapote (El Salvador); chupon, cojón de verraco (Venezuela); mata mata caspi (Peru); nispero de montana (Venezuela); pan de la vida (El Salvador); socovite (Mexico); temare (Venezuela); tilapo (Mexico); zapote (El Salvador); zapote prieto (Mexico); zapotillo (El Salvador, Honduras)
Other name	abiu, abiurana, abiurana de igapó, abiurana de varzea, abiurana-abiu, coquirana gogo, maca de agua (Brazil); pepe-boiti (French Guiana)
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Latin name	Pouteria glomerata ssp. stylosa (Pierre) T.D.Penn.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil: Pará)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	[hyg]
Use	fd
Synonym	Guapeba stylosa Pierre Labatia standleyana (Pittier) Pittier Labatia stylosa (Pierre) Aubrév. Lucuma standleyana Pittier Neolabatia cuprea (Huber) Pires & L. Rodrigues Neolabatia stylosa (Pierre) Aubrév. Pouteria cuprea Huber Pouteria standleyana (Pittier) Baehni Pouteria stilosa (Pierre) Dubard Pouteria stylosa (Pierre) Dubard
English name	styled glomerate pouteria
French name	poutéria à glomérules et styles proéminants
Spanish name	guayabito (Venezuela); nispero mono (Panama)
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Latin name	Pouteria hispida Eyma
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	[E]
Ecology
Use	fd (fruits) ti (construction)
Synonym	Pouteria benoistii Aubrév. Pouteria solimoesensis Aubrév. & Pellegr. Pouteria trichopoda Baehni
English name	hispid pouteria
French name	poutéria hispide
Spanish name	caimito amarillo, caimito negro (Venezuela); lucuma (Bolivia)
Other name	abiurana, abiurana braba, abiurana caramuri (Brazil); aspoko (Guyana); atakamaraballi (Suriname); dadarue, kamahora (Guyana); meyguenca (waorani, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Pouteria hotteana (Urb. & Ekman) Baehni
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Puerto Rico, Haiti: Morne La Hotte)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use
Synonym	Labatia hotteana Urb. & Ekman
English name	LaHotte pouteria; redmammee (Puerto Rico)
French name	pouteria de La Hotte
Spanish name	almendrón (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Pouteria izabalensis (Standl.) Baehni
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	[D] [E]
Ecology	hyg
Use	ma ti (cabinet work, fine furniture, flooring, heavy construction, posts)
Synonym	Lucuma izabalensis Standl. Pouteria gentlei Lundell Pouteria sebolensis Lundell
English name	sillyyoung pouteria; silly young (Belize)
French name	pouteria d'Izabal
Spanish name	cilillón (Honduras); mamey cederia, mammy cerilla (Belize); manguillo, selillón (Honduras); silillon (Belize); silillón (Honduras); silión (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Pouteria juruana K.Krause
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil: Amazonas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name	Juruá pouteria
French name	poutéria de Juruá
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Latin name	Pouteria laevigata (Mart.) Radlk.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil: Amazonas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	[hyg]
Use	fd
Synonym	Guapeba laevigata (Mart.) Pierre Labatia laevigata Mart. Lucuma laevigata (Mart.) A.DC. Pouteria bouffardiana Bernardi
English name	smooth pouteria
French name	poutéria glabre
Spanish name	arbol de churuco (Colombia); caimitillo (Colombia, Peru); pendare rebalsero (Venezuela); quina quina blanca, shiringa arana (Peru)
Other name	abiurana, abiurana da casca grossa, abiurana sapota, caramury, caucho (Brazil);
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