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Lucuma grandiflora is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to eastern Bahia state of northeastern Brazil, where it is native to coastal restinga forests.
The seeds are large and quite unique with a glossy brown patch surrounded by a dull grey coating. This gives them their common name Eye of Tandera (Olho de Tandera). It is also known as the Bread of Christ (Pão de Cristo).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lucuma grandiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
