Taxon: Pouteria lucuma (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• lucmo   (Source: Names Soukup ) – Quichua (Peru)
  
• lúcuma   (Source: CoopAmaz ) – Spanish
  
• lúcumo   (Source: CoopAmaz ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Human food: beverage base   (fide CoopAmaz 44:179-180.)
  
• Human food: fruit   (fide CoopAmaz 44:179-180.)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Bolivia [w.]; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Chile [n.]

References:

• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae.
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
• Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
• Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:383–385.
• Pennington, T. D. 1991. The genera of the Sapotaceae.
• Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
• Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. In: Secretaria Pro-Tempore, Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 44:175–180.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Pouteria lucuma.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Pouteria lucuma.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Pouteria lucuma.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Achras lucuma Ruiz & Pav. (basionym)
  
• (=) Lucuma obovata Kunth
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other web resources for Pouteria lucuma (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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