Fruit of Pouteria lucuma, a close relative of Pouteria macrocarpa (photo courtesy rarefruitclub.org.au)
Pouteria macrocarpa
Sapotaceae family
An evergreen tree, with a broad, fairly open crown; it can grow 15 - 26 metres tall.
Classified as ‘Vulnerable’ in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2011).
Native to Brazil, Columbia and Costa Rica.
Tree maintenance
Sapotaceae family
An evergreen tree, with a broad, fairly open crown; it can grow 15 - 26 metres tall.
Classified as ‘Vulnerable’ in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2011).
Native to Brazil, Columbia and Costa Rica.
Tree maintenance
- Seaweed twice a year
Pouteria macrocarpa at LCG December 2024 (photo credit: Jacqui Lachmann)
Pouteria macrocarpa at LCG August 2022 (photo credit: Graham Bond)
