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Pouteria caimito

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643fe8c975a79384850758
Scientific name Pouteria caimito
Authority Radlk.
First published in Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 12: 312 (1882)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
Edible fresh fruit and fruit-based beverages are reported for Pouteria caimito, with the fruit also processed into jams and fruit leather in some regional contexts. Reported flavor notes are sweet to subacid with a musky or caramel-like aroma.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
The fruit is consumed raw. Reported processing steps include fermentation of the juice into wine and preparation of preserves (jam, jelly), with regional identification of fruit leather. Fruit wine and fermented beverages are noted as products in tropical fruit literature.

Colorants and tanning:
No confirmed non-medicinal uses of fruit or wood as dyes or tannins are documented for this taxon in the consulted references.

Wood and fiber:
No confirmed timber, fiber, bast-fiber, or latex/gum uses are documented for this taxon in the consulted references.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No confirmed fragrance, essential oil, or cosmetic ingredient uses are documented for this taxon in the consulted references.

Properties relevant to use:
No properties relevant to non-medicinal industrial or craft uses have been documented for this taxon in the consulted references.

Standards and regulation:
No established standards specific to Pouteria caimito for food, cosmetics, timber, or colorants were identified in the consulted references.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Cultivation is noted on a limited scale in tropical America for local markets; consistent data on yield, postharvest loss, or supply chains were not documented for this taxon in the consulted references.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Labatia caimito Mart. Flora 21(Beibl. 2): 90 (1838)
Labatia lasiocarpa Mart. Flora 21(Beibl. 2): 91 (1838)
Labatia reticulata Mart. Flora 21(Beibl. 2): 90 (1838)
Lucuma caimito Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 701 (1819)
Lucuma lasiocarpa A.DC. Prodr. 8: 166 (1844)
Lucuma laurifolia A.DC. Prodr. 8: 166 (1844)
Lucuma laurifolia var. reticulata A.DC. Prodr. 8: 166 (1844)
Lucuma temare Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 241 (1819)
Pouteria cainito var. laurifolia (Gomes) Baehni Candollea 9: 260. 1942 as Caimito
Pouteria lasiocarpa Radlk. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 12: 333 (1882)
Pouteria laurifolia Radlk. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 12: 333 (1882)
Pouteria leucophaea Baehni Candollea 18: 176 (1962)
Pouteria temare (Kunth) Aubrév. Adansonia , n.s., 1: 157 (1962)
Achras caimito Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 3: 18 (1802)
Achras guapeda Casar. Nov. Stirp. Bras. 7: 61 (1843)
Richardella temare (Kunth) Pierre Notes Bot. Sapot. : 19 (1890)
Caleatia caimito Mart. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 76 (1841)
Guapeba caimito Pierre Notes Bot. Sapot. : 42 (1891)
Guapeba lasiocarpa Pierre Notes Bot. Sapot. : 42 (1891)
Guapeba laurifolia Gomes Mem. Econ. Acad. Real. Sci. Lisboa 1812: 3 (1812)
Guapebeira brasiliensis Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 708 (1840)
Guapebeira laurifolia Gomes Mem. Ao. Lisboa iii. (1812) Mem. dos Corresp. 21.
Lucuma ternata Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 241 1818
Pouteria cainito var. typica Baehni Candollea 9: 260 (1942)
Pouteria caimito var. laurifolia (Gomes) Baehni

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Language Common/alternative name
English abiu
Spanish labatia lasiocarpa
Spanish luma
Spanish caimito amarillo
Spanish caimo
Spanish madura verde
Spanish guapeba lasiocarpa
Spanish labatia caimito
Spanish lucuma laurifolia
Spanish lucuma temare
Spanish pouteria leucophaea
Spanish pouteria laurifolia
Spanish pouteria temare
Spanish lucuma laurifolia var. reticulata
Spanish lucuma caimito
Spanish achras caimito
Spanish guapeba laurifolia
Spanish guapebeira laurifolia
Spanish guapebeira brasiliensis
Catalan caimito
Catalan abiu
Persian پوتریا کایمیتو
gn aviu
Indonesian abiu
Korean 아비우나무
Korean 아비우
koi Абиу
kv Абиу
lbe Абиу
Malayalam അബിയു
mni ꯑꯕ꯭ꯌꯨ
mrj Абиу
Malay abiu
mwl abiu
pam abiu
Polish abiu
Portuguese lucuma caimito
Portuguese abio
Portuguese abieiro
Portuguese guapeva
Portuguese abiurana
Portuguese abiu-grande
Portuguese abiu
Portuguese abiorama
Quechua awinakina
Quechua tiyantina
Quechua sacha kinilla
Quechua hapiyu
Quechua abillu
Romanian abiu
Russian Абиу
su abiu
udm Абиу
Chinese 黄晶果
Chinese 黃晶果
Chinese 加蜜蛋黃果

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000281599
USDA Plants POCA43
Tropicos 28700422
INPN 735072
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:788845-1
The Plant List kew-163978
Open Tree Of Life 3900971
NCBI Taxonomy 872014
IUCN Red List 149891727
IPNI 788845-1
iNaturalist 327692
GBIF 2884788
Freebase /m/0bxxr2
EPPO POJCM
EOL 1152198
USDA GRIN 29549
Wikipedia Pouteria_caimito

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Amazonian useful plants described in the book “Le Pays des Amazones” (1885) of the Brazilian propagandist Baron de Santa-Anna Nery: a historical and ethnobotanical perspective Silva LN, Oliveira EC, Baratto LC J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10897987
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00663-2
PMID:38409064
Geometric entropy of plant leaves: A measure of morphological complexity Muraleedharan V, Rajan SC, R J PLoS One 02-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10760904
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0293596
PMID:38166118
Fatty Acid Profiles and Biological Activities of the Vegetable Oils of Argania spinosa, Pinus halepensis and Pistacia atlantica Grown in Tunisia: A Preliminary Study Khammassi M, Amato G, Caputo L, Nazzaro F, Fratianni F, Kouki H, Amri I, Hamrouni L, De Feo V Molecules 27-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10779628
doi:10.3390/molecules29010160
PMID:38202742
Evaluation of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity in 51 Minor Tropical Fruits of Ecuador Coyago-Cruz E, Guachamin A, Villacís M, Rivera J, Neto M, Méndez G, Heredia-Moya J, Vera E Foods 11-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10742603
doi:10.3390/foods12244439
PMID:38137243
First Report of Colletotrichum fructicola, C. rhizophorae sp. nov. and C. thailandica sp. nov. on Mangrove in Thailand Norphanphoun C, Hyde KD Pathogens 10-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10747506
doi:10.3390/pathogens12121436
PMID:38133319
Participatory ethnobotany: comparison between two quilombos in the Atlantic Forest, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil Sauini T, Henrique Gonçalves Santos P, Paulino Albuquerque U, Yazbek P, da Cruz C, Hortal Pereira Barretto E, Alice dos Santos M, Silva Gomes MA, dos Santos G, Braga S, José Francischetti Garcia R, Honda S, Matta P, Aragaki S, Ueno A, Rodrigues E PeerJ 07-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10637247
doi:10.7717/peerj.16231
PMID:37953791
Patterns of use of wild food plants by Brazilian local communities: systematic review and meta-analysis Gomes LC, Medeiros PM, Prata AP J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10601232
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00619-y
PMID:37880767
Edible Fruits from the Ecuadorian Amazon: Ethnobotany, Physicochemical Characteristics, and Bioactive Components Sánchez-Capa M, Corell González M, Mestanza-Ramón C Plants (Basel) 21-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10610027
doi:10.3390/plants12203635
PMID:37896098
Pouteria caimito fruit derived nanoparticles inhibited the apple ring rot disease as well as extended the shelf-life of sliced apples Alsaif MA, Veeramani C, Newehy AS, Aloud AA, Al-Numair KS Saudi J Biol Sci 20-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10432247
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103744
PMID:37601566
Biogenic Synthesis of Copper-Based Nanomaterials Using Plant Extracts and Their Applications: Current and Future Directions Vincent J, Lau KS, Evyan YC, Chin SX, Sillanpää M, Chia CH Nanomaterials (Basel) 23-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9565561
doi:10.3390/nano12193312
PMID:36234439
Poorly Investigated Ecuadorian Medicinal Plants Armijos C, Ramírez J, Vidari G Plants (Basel) 16-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9229133
doi:10.3390/plants11121590
PMID:35736741
Do Non-climacteric Fruits Share a Common Ripening Mechanism of Hormonal Regulation? Fan D, Wang W, Hao Q, Jia W Front Plant Sci 09-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9218805
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.923484
PMID:35755638
Fruit Peels: Food Waste as a Valuable Source of Bioactive Natural Products for Drug Discovery Hussain H, Mamadalieva NZ, Hussain A, Hassan U, Rabnawaz A, Ahmed I, Green IR Curr Issues Mol Biol 30-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9164088
doi:10.3390/cimb44050134
PMID:35678663
Vitamin A- and C-rich Pouteria camito fruit derived superparamagnetic nanoparticles synthesis, characterization, and their cytotoxicity Veeramani C, El Newehy AS, Alsaif MA, Al-Numair KS Afr Health Sci 01-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC9382538
doi:10.4314/ahs.v22i1.78
PMID:36032457
Fruitful exchanges: social networks and food resources amidst change Schramski S, Barbosa de Lima AC Agric Food Secur 16-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8853342
doi:10.1186/s40066-021-00342-5
PMID:35194513

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesterterpenoids / Scalarane sesterterpenoids
(4,4,6a,6a,8a,11,11,14b-Octamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl) acetate 5205968 Click to see CC(=O)OC1CCC2(C(C1(C)C)CCC3(C2CCC4(C3=CCC5(C4CC(CC5)(C)C)C)C)C)C 468.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099454
4,4,6a,8a,11,11,12b,14b-Octamethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,8,8a,9,10,11,12,12a,12b,13,14,14a,14b-icosahydropicen-3-ol 344467 Click to see 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099454
D-Friedoolean-14-en-3-one 500344 Click to see 424.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099454
Taraxerol 92097 Click to see 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099454
Taraxerol acetate 94225 Click to see 468.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099454
Taraxerone 92785 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CC=C3C4(CCC5C(C(=O)CCC5(C4CCC3(C2C1)C)C)(C)C)C)C)C 424.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099454
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(+)-Erythrodiol 101761 Click to see 442.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50009A016
(3R,4aS,6aS,6bR,8aS,12aR,14aR,14bS)-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-ol 163004286 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1)C)CO)C 442.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099603
(3S,5R,8R,9R,10R,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2S)-2-hydroxy-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 162965658 Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C1CCC2(C1CCC3C2(CCC4C3(CCC(C4(C)C)O)C)C)C)O)C 444.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099603
3beta-Dammar-24-ene-3,20-diol 4481461 Click to see 444.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099603
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,12,14b-octamethyl-2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydro-1H-picen-3-ol 225688 Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1C)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099603
Alpha-Amyrin 73170 Click to see 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099603
Dammarenediol 122880 Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C1CCC2(C1CCC3C2(CCC4C3(CCC(C4(C)C)O)C)C)C)O)C 444.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50009A016
Dammarenediol II 10895555 Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C1CCC2(C1CCC3C2(CCC4C3(CCC(C4(C)C)O)C)C)C)O)C 444.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50009A016
Lup-20(29)-en-3-ol, (3beta)- 521518 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099603
Lupeol 259846 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50009A016
https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099603
Olean-12-ene-3beta,28-diol 608886 Click to see 442.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099603
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(3S,8R,9R,10R,13R,14R,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 11870456 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099454
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 86821 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50009A016
https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1099454
Stigmast-5-en-3-ol 22012 Click to see 414.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50009A016

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