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Aboirana
Pouteria venosa
Lucuma venosa, also known as aboirana, is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is a species of evergreen tree native to the forests of Southern and Southeast Brazil.
From the article Lucuma venosa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Lucuma venosa grows from about 12 m (40 ft) to 24 m (80 ft) in height. Its fruit is edible, about 1 to 4 cm in diameter, and has a slightly sweet flavor.
At the table
Lucuma venosa's wood may be used for construction. Other parts of the plant have medicinal uses, such as the bark and grated fruit, which may be used as an antidiarrheal, or the seeds, which may be used to treat chest pain or arrhythmia.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 563916.