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Pouteria polysepala is a rare species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is a tree native to the western Amazon Basin of northwestern Brazil and adjacent Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, and to northwestern Ecuador. It is threatened by habitat loss and is considered Critically Endangered (CR). It is known to reside only upon large trees in a forest that is not experiencing heavy flooding. In the 1998 IUCN Red List assessment the only known occurrence of Pouteria polysepala is at the mouth of the Javari River in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. As of March 2026 the GBIF has 23 georeferenced records covering a larger area across several countries.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pouteria polysepala 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.
