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Lucuma dominigensis
Lucuma dominigensis is a tropical tree in the Sapotaceae family, native to Cuba, Hispaniola, the Bahamas and Florida, grown and gathered for its round yellow, sweet-textured fruit. It is listed as threatened in the wild, and its cultivation details are not well documented.
Lucuma dominigensis is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), the Bahamas, and Florida. It is threatened by habitat loss. This plant produces a round yellow fruit with an exotic flavor, a mixture between canistel (Lucuma campechiana) and Carica papaya. The pulp has with a sweet texture and is similar Lucuma campechiana. This fruit, commonly referred to as the egg-fruit due to its association with the aforementioned and more commonly known Lucuma campechiana, is what the plant is cultivated and collected for.
As the synonym Pouteria moaensis it is listed by the IUCN as an endangered species endemic to Cuba.
Egg Fruit · Labatia beaurepairei · Labatia psammophila · Lucuma arguacoensium · Lucuma bifera · Lucuma grandiflora · Bullytree · Egg Fruit · Egg Fruit · Egg Fruit · Pouteria amapaensis · Pouteria amygdalina
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lucuma dominigensis 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.
