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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Canistel
| image =
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Sapotaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Pouteria]]''
| species = '''''P. campechiana'''''
| binomial = ''Pouteria campechiana''
| binomial_authority = [[Charles Baehni|Baehni]]
}}
The '''Canistel''' (''Pouteria campechiana'') is an evergreen [[tree]] found from [[Mexico]] to [[Brazil]]. Its [[binomial name]] is derived from the Mexican town of [[Campeche]], where it is native. It is sometimes (wrongly) referred to as ''Lucuma campechiana''.
The canistel grows up to 10 m high, and produces orange-yellow fruits, up to 7 cm long, which are edible raw. Canistel flesh is sweet, with a texture often compared to that of a cooked egg yolk, hence its colloquial name of "eggfruit." It is closely related to the [[Mamey sapote]] and [[abiu]].
The plant's name in Vietnamese is cây trứng gà (“chicken egg” plant) because of the appearance of the fruit. It also has been given the Vietnamese name lekima. This is very unusual because Vietnamese is a tonal language with monosyllables. It appears that the name derives from the word ''lucuma''. Lekima made it to the list of typhoons, devastated north central Vietnam and killed from 42 to 55 people in Viet Nam on 10-03-2007.
==References and links==
*[http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/canistel.html Julia Morton's Fruits of Warm Climates]
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-vietnam-floods.html?ref=world
[[Category:Sapotaceae]]
[[Category:Fruit]]
[[Category:Trees]]
[[Category:Trees of Brazil]]
[[Category:Trees of Campeche]]
[[Category:Trees of the Yucatán]]
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[[nl:Canistel]]
The fruit is loaded with vitamins and minerals such as vitamin B and vitamin A. It also contains little calories.
| color = lightgreen
| name = Canistel
| image =
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Sapotaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Pouteria]]''
| species = '''''P. campechiana'''''
| binomial = ''Pouteria campechiana''
| binomial_authority = [[Charles Baehni|Baehni]]
}}
The '''Canistel''' (''Pouteria campechiana'') is an evergreen [[tree]] found from [[Mexico]] to [[Brazil]]. Its [[binomial name]] is derived from the Mexican town of [[Campeche]], where it is native. It is sometimes (wrongly) referred to as ''Lucuma campechiana''.
The canistel grows up to 10 m high, and produces orange-yellow fruits, up to 7 cm long, which are edible raw. Canistel flesh is sweet, with a texture often compared to that of a cooked egg yolk, hence its colloquial name of "eggfruit." It is closely related to the [[Mamey sapote]] and [[abiu]].
The plant's name in Vietnamese is cây trứng gà (“chicken egg” plant) because of the appearance of the fruit. It also has been given the Vietnamese name lekima. This is very unusual because Vietnamese is a tonal language with monosyllables. It appears that the name derives from the word ''lucuma''. Lekima made it to the list of typhoons, devastated north central Vietnam and killed from 42 to 55 people in Viet Nam on 10-03-2007.
==References and links==
*[http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/canistel.html Julia Morton's Fruits of Warm Climates]
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-vietnam-floods.html?ref=world
[[Category:Sapotaceae]]
[[Category:Fruit]]
[[Category:Trees]]
[[Category:Trees of Brazil]]
[[Category:Trees of Campeche]]
[[Category:Trees of the Yucatán]]
{{fruit-tree-stub}}
{{fruit-stub}}
[[nl:Canistel]]
The fruit is loaded with vitamins and minerals such as vitamin B and vitamin A. It also contains little calories.
