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Pouteria viridis

(Pittier) Cronquist (1946)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Sapotaceae Genus: Pouteria

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Lloydia 9: 290 (1946)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Pouteria viridis Waimanalo Research Station, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, location c-8-4 semi-shate Preserved_Specimen Medium size tree to 4 meters with full crown Spence, G. 404 Oahu BISH 1976-10-01
2 Pouteria viridis University of Hawaii campus, Henke Hall courtyard off East-West Road cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Tree baring edible fruit; flws greenish to yellowish; frt pulp gritty, bleeding white latex when cut; seed large, coat glossy tan. Wong, P. Oahu BISH 1991-02-06
3 Pouteria viridis Honolulu UH campus, Henke Hall courtyard off East-West Road cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Tree baring edible fruit; flws greenish to yellowish; frt pulp gritty, bleeding white latex when cut; seed large, coat glossy tan. Wong, P. Oahu BISH 1991-02-06
4 Pouteria viridis Honolulu UH campus, Henke Hall courtyard off East-West Road cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Tree baring edible fruit; flws greenish to yellowish; frt pulp gritty, bleeding white latex when cut; seed large, coat glossy tan. Wong, P. Oahu BISH 1991-02-06
5 Pouteria viridis Koloa District: upper Kalaheo, John Townsend's fruit orchard at 4875 Kikala Road Preserved_Specimen Small tree 5 m. x 30 cm., crown dense and rounded, leaves and new growth rusty pubescent. Calyx and corolla pale green. Fruit tree. Green sapote. Lorence, D.H. 7969 Kauai BISH 1997-04-16
6 Pouteria viridis Honolulu District, Univ. of Hawaii campus, Henke Hall Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 1114 Oahu BISH 1968-05-18
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