Pouteria

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Read about Pouteria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Lucuma (Peruvian name of one species). Sapotaceae. A group of tropical trees and shrubs, several of which are cultivated, principally in America, for their edible fruits. Other well-known trees which belong to the same family are the sapodilla (Achras Sapota) and the star-apple (Chrysophyllum Cainito), both of which resemble the lucumas in having fruits with soft, melting flesh of very sweet flavor. The genus is characterized by lvs. more or less elongate, usually broadened upward; by the imbricate calyx, with lobes in 1 or 2 series: and by the tubular corolla, with stamens opposite the lobes, alternating with the staminodes. The fr. is a berry, 2-10-celled, the seeds exalbuminous.—Species perhaps 60, mostly in Amer. but extending to New Guinea and Austral. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Read about Pouteria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pouteria (native name). Sapotaceae. Trees or shrubs with small often short-peduncled fls. in clusters: corolla with 4 rounded lobes and a tube about twice as long; staminodes free, petal-like, borne at the edge of the tube; stamens borne at the base or middle of the tube, becoming free: ovary swollen at base, hairy, 2-4-celled, gradually produced into the long style: fr. a 1-4-seeded berry, hairy or glabrous, occasionally pointed.—About 30 species in Trop. Amer. P. suavis, Hemsl. Tree with rather slender flowering branches: lvs. crowded at the ends of the branches, narrow-oblong to lanceolate, about 4 in. long, coriaceous: fls. very small in fascicles borne in the axils of the fallen lvs. : fr. pear-shaped with a thin edible pericarp possessing a delicate perfume. Uruguay. Intro, into gardens abroad. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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