Branchlet with leaves, flowers and fruit of Pouteria lucuma: Fruit cut in half shown on top left of image
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Sapotaceae
Genus:
Pouteria
Species:
P. lucuma
Binomial name
Pouteria lucuma
(Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze
Synonyms
Achras lucuma Ruiz & Pav.
Lucuma bifera Molina
Lucuma biflora J.F. Gmel.
Lucuma obovata Kunth
Lucuma obovata var. ruizii A.DC.
Lucuma turbinata Molina
Pouteria insignis Baehni
Richardella lucuma (Ruiz & Pav.) Aubrév.
Pouteria lucuma is a species of tree in the family Sapotaceae, cultivated for its fruit, the lúcuma. It is native to the Andean valleys of Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile and Peru.[1][2]
^"CAPÍTULO I: LA LÚCUMA (in Spanish)" (PDF). University of Piura, Peru.
^Morton JF (1987). "Lucmo". Purdue University, republished from p. 405–406. In: Fruits of Warm Climates. Julia F. Morton, Miami, FL.
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