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| Pouteria campechiana | |
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| Pouteria campechiana cross section | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Genus: | Pouteria |
| Species: | P. campechiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Pouteria campechiana | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Lucuma campechiana Knuth | |
| Nutritional value per 100 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Energy | 138.8 kcal (581 kJ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36.69 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dietary fiber | .10 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.13 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.68 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Laboratorio FIM de Nutricion in Havana[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pouteria campechiana (commonly known as the cupcake fruit, eggfruit, zapote amarillo or canistel) is an evergreen tree native to, and cultivated in, southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador.[6] It is cultivated in other countries, such as India, Costa Rica, Brazil, the United States, the Dominican Republic, Australia, Cambodia,[7] Vietnam, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and the Philippines. The edible part of the tree is its fruit, which is colloquially known as an egg fruit.[7]
The canistel grows up to 10 m (33 ft) high, and produces orange-yellow fruit, also called yellow sapote, up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long, which are edible raw. Canistel flesh is sweet, with a texture often compared to that of a hard-boiled egg yolk, hence its colloquial name "eggfruit". It is closely related to the lucuma, mamey sapote, and abiu.
- ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Pouteria campechiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T146704277A146779773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T146704277A146779773.en. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Pouteria campechiana (Kunth) Baehni". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ^ "Pouteria campechiana (Kunth) Baehni". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ^ "Pouteria campechiana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Mortonwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Pouteria campechiana". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
- ^ a b T. K. Lim (2013). Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 6, Fruits. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 133–134. ISBN 9789400756281.