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Cornuella venezuelanensis

Cornuella venezuelanensis
Photo: Roberto de vasconcel…, CC BY-SA 3.0

Cornuella venezuelanensis is a large lowland tropical forest tree from the sapote family, growing up to about 30 m tall, with yellow edible fruit. It is the only species in its genus and needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist while young, and water less once established.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or tropical potting mix.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
C. Mexico to S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cornuella venezuelanensis (synonym Chrysophyllum venezuelanense) is a tree in the family Sapotaceae, native to the tropical Americas. It is the sole species in the genus Cornuella.

Where it grows

Cornuella venezuelanensis is native to Mexico, Central America and tropical South America including Brazil. Its habitat is mainly in lowland forests.

Uses

The fruit of Cornuella venezuelanensis is edible. The timber is used in construction and for fences.

Other Chrysophyllum plants

Goldenleaf · Goldenleaf · Chrysophyllum amazonicum · Bastard redwood · Chrysophyllum aulacocarpum · Star apple · Chrysophyllum colombianum · Chrysophyllum durifructum · Chrysophyllum eximium · Chrysophyllum flexuosum · Chrysophyllum gonocarpum · Chrysophyllum inornatum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cornuella venezuelanensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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