Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum subsp. spurium (Ducke) T.D.Penn.

  • Authority

    Pennington, Terence D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52: 1-750. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Sapotaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum subsp. spurium (Ducke) T.D.Penn.

  • Synonyms

    Ecclinusa spuria Ducke, Pouteria spuria (Ducke) Pittier, Ragala spuria (Ducke) Aubrév.

  • Description

    Subspecies Description - Leaves usually broadly elliptic or broadly elliptic-oblong with rounded or truncate base, lower lamina glabrous. Petiole usually 2-4 cm long. Fruiting calyx weakly accrescent (sepals less than 1 cm long, not or only weakly thickened). Field characters. Tree to 35 m high and 50 cm diam. with small buttresses. The slash exudes copious thick white or yellowish latex. Flowers yellowish-green to yellowish-white, fruit maturing yellowish to brown, with milky sap in the flesh. The seeds are eaten by birds (B. & S. Nelson 1056). Flowering Apr to Jul, fruit seen througout the year.

  • Discussion

    The fruit is edible and the timber used locally for boards and parquet.

  • Common Names

    Abiu, balata, balata braba, balata rana, balata sapotina, balata ucuquirama, cajurana, coquirana, coquirana braba, coquirana brava, coquirama verde, ka-he-pa, moyeja, moyera, paloyancha, temare, temare montanero, ucuquirana, ucuquirana brava

  • Objects

    Specimen - 01176081, D. Coêlho 3835, Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum subsp. spurium (Ducke) T.D.Penn., Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amapá, Macapá Mun.

    Specimen - 01176083, W. A. Ducke 513, Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum subsp. spurium (Ducke) T.D.Penn., Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amapá, Macapá Mun.

    Specimen - 01176045, W. A. Ducke 1264, Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum subsp. spurium (Ducke) T.D.Penn., Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amapá, Macapá Mun.

    Specimen - 01175952, R. de Lemos Fróes 450, Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum subsp. spurium (Ducke) T.D.Penn., Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amapá, Macapá Mun.

    Specimen - 01176069, R. de Lemos Fróes 20650, Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum subsp. spurium (Ducke) T.D.Penn., Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amapá, Macapá Mun.

    Pending, S. R. Hill 13100, Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum (Pierre) Baehni, Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas, Maués Mun.

    Specimen - 01176055, B. A. Krukoff 5816, Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum subsp. spurium (Ducke) T.D.Penn., Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus Mun.

    Specimen - 01251826, G. T. Prance 20539, Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum subsp. spurium (Ducke) T.D.Penn., Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas

    Specimen - 01176066, N. A. Rosa 1609, Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum subsp. spurium (Ducke) T.D.Penn., Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amapá, Macapá Mun.

    Specimen - 01176082, R. E. Schultes 9959, Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum subsp. spurium (Ducke) T.D.Penn., Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amapá, Macapá Mun.

  • Distribution

    Brazilian Amazonia, extending northwards to S Venezuela, west to Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. A common tree of non-flooded upland forest, often on white sand, but also present on clay, generally lowland but reaching 800 m altitude in Peru. This subsp. is sometimes gregarious (Fróes 248).

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