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Pouteria grandiflora
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Pouteria grandiflora

Lucuma grandiflora is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to eastern Bahia state of northeastern Brazil, where it is native to coastal restinga forests.

The seeds are large and quite unique with a glossy brown patch surrounded by a dull grey coating. This gives them their common name Eye of Tandera (Olho de Tandera). It is also known as the Bread of Christ (Pão de Cristo).

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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 83116.