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Collection/Zapotillo Amarillo
Zapotillo Amarillo botanical plate
Plate · drawn for the register, 2026Pouteria viridis
Fruit

Zapotillo Amarillo

Pouteria viridis (Pittier) Cronquist
FamilySapotaceae
EspañolZapotillo amarillo (as recorded)

A tree of the sapodilla family (Sapotaceae) native to the wet tropical forests of southern Mexico and Central America, and a close relative of the mamey sapote. No allowed descriptive source was found for its foliage, flowers or fruit; details should be added from the estate's own observations.

Sourced · see Record tab Least Concern (IUCN Red List, via GBIF). In Costa Rica the species is considered locally threatened by deforestation, cattle ranching and urban expansion. · IUCN
1on the estate
1carrying a tag
0sponsored
TagGarden areaZonePlantedStatusSponsoredNote
234South OrchardB17 June 2016Dead

0 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.

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