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Pouteria campechiana
(Kunth) Baehni, Candollea. 9: 398. 1942.
Canistel, zapotillo, zapote blanco
Lucuma campechiana
Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 3(fol.): 188; 3(qto.): 240. 1819;
L. nervosa
A. de Candolle
Trees
to 8 m.
Leaves:
petiole 10-25(-45) mm, finely hairy; blade elliptic to oblanceolate or obovate, 80-250(-330) × 30-80(-150) mm, margins revolute.
Pedicels
6-12 mm, densely hairy.
Flowers:
sepals ovate to suborbiculate, 4.5-11 mm; petals 8-12 mm, tube 5-6(-8) mm; staminodes petaloid, 2-4 mm.
Berries
25-70 mm, apex short-rostrate, surface smooth.
Seeds
1-6, 20-40 mm.
Flowering mid summer. Hardwood hammocks; 0-5 m; introduced; Fla.; Mexico; West Indies (Cuba); Central America.
Pouteria campechiana
, native from Mexico to Panama, is frequently cultivated and escaped or persistent in the West Indies and Florida.
