Pouteria torta subsp. glabra T.D.Penn.
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Authority
Pennington, Terence D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52: 1-750. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Sapotaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe: Just N of Yantzaza, Nov 1982 (fl, fr), Pennington & Tenorio 10745 (holotype, K; isotypes, NY, QCA).
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Synonyms
Lucuma jenmanii Pittier, Pouteria jenmanii (Pittier) Sandwith, Lucuma gutta Ducke, Pouteria gutta Ducke, Lucuma dolichophylla Standl. ex R.E.Schult., Pouteria gutta Ducke
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Description
Subspecies Description - Tree. Leaves usually 20-45 cm long, with narrowly attenuate to obtusely cuspidate apex, secondary veins 17-39 pairs, higher order venation clearly differentiated into oblique tertiaries and finely reticulate quaternaries, lower surface glabrous. Fruit smooth, 3-5 cm long, pubescent to glabrous. Field characters. Tree to 32 m high and 50 cm diam., larger specimens buttressed to 4 m high, trunk fluted; bark brown to greyish white, scaling or shallowly fissured; slash pinkish to pale brown with scant white latex. Flowers pale to yellowish-green, sometimes scented, fruit maturing yellow-orange, with caducous irritant hairs. Flowering mostly Jul-Nov, but with some records from Jan-Mar in Peru, fruit found throughout the year.
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Discussion
Some populations of this subsp. were formerly exploited on a small scale for their latex, which was found to contain a high proportion (88-96%) of gutta (Le Cointe, 1934: 3). These plants from the R. Purus and R. Tapajos, were formerly treated as a distinct species P. gutta.
Although the fruits are covered with irritant hairs, at least when young, they are said to be edible and sweet at maturity. -
Common Names
Abiurana, abiurana caranazal, abiurana gutta, asipoko, bampara amarilla, broad leaved asipokoballi, caimitillo, caimito, caimito coto Colorado, canalete araguato, coquirana do igapo, cuimasao, quina quina, quinilla, quinilla blanca, sacha caimito, sapotina
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Distribution
Colombia to the Guianas (not recorded from Surinam) and western S America to Bolivia, Amazonian Brazil. Commonly found on non-flooded and periodically flooded land in semi-evergreen seasonal forest, and in wet evergreen lowland and lower montane forest in the western part of its range, up to 1000 m altitude.
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