Sapotaceae Chrysophyllum cainito L.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Places where this species can be found :

• Beausejour Bay - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Lvs 10-16cm x 5-8cm; Fruits 3-10cm diam, with several seeds; leaves golden hairy below.

Interest
From the west Indian plant name caimito. Tasty fruit and beautiful coppery-leaved tree. There are white and purple, large (>9cm long) and small fruit varieties.

Specimen information

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, D.Jules

Specimen Number
910

Location
Near Valley end swamp close to sea, swampy and muddy. Zanthoxylum, Casearia guianensis, Tabernaemontana citrifolia, Hura crepitans. On ruins of old rum distillery.

Notes
Tree 10m. Slash pinkish fibrous. Some small specks of grit. Latex extremely sticky and glue like.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.060000 N   Longitude: 61.460000 W   Altitude: 8