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Taxon:  Pouteria lucuma (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze



Summary
Genus:
Pouteria
Family:
Sapotaceae
Subfamily:
Chrysophylloideae
Nomen number:
102617
Place of publication:
Revis. gen. pl. 3(3):195. 1898
Verified:
11/20/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Achras lucuma Ruiz & Pav.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Lucuma obovata Kunth
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Reference(s)
  1. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  3. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae
  4. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  5. Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936-. Flora of Peru Note: 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
  6. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
  7. Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:383-385.
  8. Pennington, T. D. 1991. The genera of the Sapotaceae
  9. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  10. Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
  11. Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 44:175-180.
Common names
Quichua (Peru)
lucmo –
Spanish
lúcuma –
lúcumo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile n.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia w.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia (w.), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile (n.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodbeverage base Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 44:175-180.
Human foodfruit Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 44:175-180.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=102617. Accessed 10 May 2025.