Pouteria lucuma

Lúcuma
	Branchlet with leaves, flowers and fruit of Pouteria lucuma: Fruit cut in half shown on top left of image
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Pouteria
Species:	P. lucuma
Binomial name
	Pouteria lucuma; (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze
Synonyms
	Achras lucuma Ruiz & Pav.; Lucuma bifera Molina; Lucuma biflora J.F. Gmel.; Lucuma obovata Kunth; Lucuma obovata var. ruizii A.DC.; Lucuma turbinata Molina; Pouteria insignis Baehni; Richardella lucuma (Ruiz & Pav.) Aubrév.;

Pouteria lucuma is a species of tree in the family Sapotaceae, cultivated for its fruit, the lúcuma. It is native to the Andean valleys of Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile and Peru.^[1]^[2]

^ "CAPÍTULO I: LA LÚCUMA (in Spanish)" (PDF). University of Piura, Peru.
^ Morton JF (1987). "Lucmo". Purdue University, republished from p. 405–406. In: Fruits of Warm Climates. Julia F. Morton, Miami, FL.