Pouteria maclayana
(F.Muell.) Baehni
Sapotaceae
Bassia dubia Gaertn.
Bassia maclayana F.Muell.
Beauvisagea pomifera (Peckolt) Pierre ex Baill.
Bureavella macleyana (F.Muell.) Pierre
Illipe maclayana (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Lucuma maclayana (F.Muell.) H.J.Lam
Lucuma navicularis H.J.Lam
Lucuma pomifera Peckolt
Planchonella pomifera (Pierre ex Baill.) Dubard
Pouteria navicularis (H.J.Lam) Baehni
Sideroxylon pomiferum (Pierre ex Baill.) Engl.
Sideroxylon zippelianum Pierre ex Boerl.
Common Name:
General Information
Pouteria maclayana is a tree that can grow up to 27 metres tall but is usually smaller. The bole can be 60cm in diameter, it commonly has buttresses[
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- Food Plants of Papua New Guinea
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- French. B.R.
- Publisher
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- Year
- 2006
- ISBN
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- Description
- Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants.
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The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
Southeast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Habitat
Found mainly on the coast and at elevations up to 500 metres[
658- Title
- Food Plants of Papua New Guinea
- Publication
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- Author
- French. B.R.
- Publisher
- Author.
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN
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- Description
- Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 18.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
Fruit - cooked[
658- Title
- Food Plants of Papua New Guinea
- Publication
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- Author
- French. B.R.
- Publisher
- Author.
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN
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- Description
- Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants.
]. The orange, fibrous flesh has a sickly sweet smell. The light olive-green fruits are like flattened spheres about 75 - 100mm across containing 2 - 3 large seeds 60mm long and 25mm wide[
658- Title
- Food Plants of Papua New Guinea
- Publication
-
- Author
- French. B.R.
- Publisher
- Author.
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants.
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
