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Pouteria semecarpifolia

Pouteria semecarpifolia is a tropical tree in the sapote family, native to the Lesser Antilles, where it grows in wet forest. It is not a commonly cultivated plant, so care guidance is limited and mostly based on general knowledge of Pouteria trees.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist in the growing season and reduce watering in cooler months.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic potting or garden mix rich in organic matter.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Lesser Antilles
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pouteria semecarpifolia is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Other Pouteria plants

Egg Fruit · Labatia beaurepairei · Labatia psammophila · Lucuma arguacoensium · Lucuma bifera · Jacana · Lucuma grandiflora · Bullytree · Egg Fruit · Egg Fruit · Egg Fruit · Pouteria amapaensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pouteria semecarpifolia 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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