Pouteria macrophylla (Lam.) Eyma

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Maranhão

• County/Municipio

  Barra do Corda Mun.

• Locality

  Suja-Pé, 12 km S of Barra do Corda, west bank and slopes above the Rio Corda

• Coordinates

  -5.57, -45.25

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Programa Flora	2(eñ
The New York Botanical Garden
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
MARANHÍO, BRAZIL
Schatz No. 863	Sapotaceae
Pouteria macrophylla (Lamarck) Eyma
det. T. Pennington, 1992
Municipio de Barra do Corda, Suja-pé, 12km S of
Barra do Corda, west bank and slopes above the Rio
Corda. (5°34'S, 45°15'W)
Tree to 16m tall, 20cm DBH. Copious white latex.
Fruits turning yellow at maturity, edible, tasty.
FRUIT SEPARATE. WOOD VOUCHER.
G.E. Schatz, J.U. Santos, E. Taylor, N.A. Rosa,
C.S. Rosario, T. Rebbeck, J.B.F. da Silva &
M. Rosa	6 March 1983
Fieldwork supported by The National Science Foundation and the
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).
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