Pouteria lucuma (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze

No- 11700
PLANTS OF PERU _
Sapo4- ^
Pouteria lucuma (R. & P.) 0. Kuntze
Sapot.	^
DEPT. SAN MARTÍN:	Prov.	Mariscal Caceres. Distrito
Tocache Nuevo. Tocache Nuevo. Approx. 8°llfs. ,
76°30fW. Alt. 500 m.
Cultivated tree 15 m. tall x 18 cm. DBH with
white latex. Flowers creamy white. Mature
fruits shiny green, globose with short "nipple"
10 cm diameter, 11 cm., long. Flesh yellow-
orange with abundant sticky milky latex. Seeds
shiny chestnut brown.
N.V. "lucma"
Uses:	Fruit	eaten	fresh	and	commonly	used	to
make lucma ice cream*
PHOTOS
Coll. T. Plowman & J. Schunke V. 24 December 1981
Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
Seen for ‘A phylogenetic study of Pouteria
(Sapotaceae) in Malesia and Australasia
using morphology and molecular data’.
Confirmavit Teguh Triono, 2006
03228343