Pouteria dominigensis: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Sapotaceae
Genus
Pouteria
Species
Pouteria dominigensis
Scientific Name
Pouteria dominigensis

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pouteria dominigensis

Lucuma dominigensis is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), the Bahamas, and Florida. It is threatened by habitat loss. This plant produces a round yellow fruit with an exotic flavor, a mixture between canistel (Lucuma campechiana) and Carica papaya. The pulp has with a sweet texture and is similar Lucuma campechiana. This fruit, commonly referred to as the egg-fruit due to its association with the aforementioned and more commonly known Lucuma campechiana, is what the plant is cultivated and collected for.

As the synonym Pouteria moaensis it is listed by the IUCN as an endangered species endemic to Cuba.

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Pouteria dominigensis
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Pouteria dominigensis
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Pouteria dominigensis
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Pouteria dominigensis
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Pouteria dominigensis
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Pouteria dominigensis
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Pouteria dominigensis
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Pouteria dominigensis
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Pouteria dominigensis
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