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|genus=Pouteria
|species=campechiana
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Lucuma nervosa, A. DC. (L. Rivicoa var. angustifolia, Miq.). Ti-Es. Egg-Fruit. Canistel. Fig. 2214. A small tree, 10-25 ft. high, with spreading branches: lvs. oblong- obovate to oblanceolate, 4-8 in. long, glabrous, bright green, acute: calyx-lobes 5, the inner ones rounded at the apex: corolla whitish, lobes ovate; style columnar, stigma slightly dilated; ovary 5-celled: fr. globose to ovoid, orange-yellow, 2-4 in. long, usually 2- or 3-seeded. A native of N. S. Amer., but cult, in other parts of Trop. Amer., naturalized on some of the Florida keys.
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