Abiu
Layer: Tall trees
USDA Hardiness Zone: 10 - 12
Edible: Yes
Edible parts: Fruit
Light requirement: Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement: Moist, Wet
Soil texture preferences: Light sandy, Medium, Heavy clay
Utilities: Lumber
Native To: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-tobago, Venezuela
Introduced To: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-tobago, Venezuela
More from Permapeople
- Alternate name
- Yellow star apple, abiero, aguaycillo, asepokoballi, caimitillo, caimo, cauje, coloradillo de la bajura, ingi-oedoe, luma, pepeboiti, temare, yaas, yellow star apple, caimito
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Growth
- Medium
- Height
- 15.0
- Plants for a future
- https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Pouteria caimito
- Plants of the world online
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:788845-1
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouteria_caimito
Slug: pouteria-caimito-abiu
Permapeople ID: 8493