Pouteria caimito
(Ruiz & Pav.) Radlk. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Pouteria caimito's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 886 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Pouteria caimito, the abiu (), is a tropical fruit tree originated in the Amazonian region of South America. It grows to an average of 33 ft high, and can grow as high as 116 ft under good conditions. Its fruits' shape varies from round to oval, pointed at the distal end. When ripe, it has smooth, bright yellow skin and has one to four ovate seeds. The inside of the fruit is translucent and white. It has a creamy and jelly-like texture and its taste is similar to the sapodilla — a sweet caramel custard. The abiu tree is part of the family Sapotaceae and is very similar in appearance to the canistel.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology7
Life cycle & reproduction5
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment12
Physiology & chemistry8
Compounds documented for Pouteria caimito across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds30 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARBOHYDRATES | 926,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| WATER | 741,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FIBER | 175,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PROTEIN | 81,080 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FAT | 42,470 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ASH | 27,070 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| CALCIUM | 3,700 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| KILOCALORIES | 3,665 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| LYSINE | 3,160 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| THREONINE | 2,190 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Pouteria caimito has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type2 886 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions46 of 121 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 280 |
| Kew, GB | 169 |
| Bronx, US | 149 |
| Chicago, US | 114 |
| La Paz, BO | 63 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 62 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 47 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 43 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 35 |
| MAlocation not on record | 32 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 27 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 25 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 20 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 18 |
| Blumenau, BR | 17 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 16 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 16 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 16 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 15 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 15 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 15 |
| Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record | 15 |
| Aarhus, DK | 14 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 13 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 12 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 12 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 12 |
| Loja, EC | 11 |
| Stockholm, SE | 11 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 10 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 10 |
| Xiamen, CN | 10 |
| arosemena tola, EC | 10 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 8 |
| Universidad Autónoma de Madridlocation not on record | 8 |
| Quito, EC | 8 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 8 |
| Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record | 8 |
| Lima, PE | 7 |
| Porto Velho, BR | 6 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 6 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 5 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 5 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 5 |
| Brasília, BR | 4 |
| Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record | 4 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 4 |
| Corrientes, AR | 4 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 4 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 4 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 4 |
| San José, CR | 3 |
| Herbario MAT de la Universidad Politécnica Estatal del Carchilocation not on record | 3 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidade do Estado de Mato Grossolocation not on record | 3 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 3 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Iquitos, PE | 3 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 3 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 3 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 3 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 2 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 2 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 2 |
| VALElocation not on record | 2 |
| Londrina, BR | 2 |
| UFAClocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 2 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 2 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 2 |
| Fundación Desarrollo y Ambiente FUNDAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record | 2 |
| Brasília, BR | 2 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 2 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 2 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Fort Worth, US | 2 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 2 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Seropédica, BR | 2 |
| HUENFlocation not on record | 2 |
| UERJlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 2 |
| UNITINSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Gump Stationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cusco, PE | 1 |
| Sucre, BO | 1 |
| Miami, US | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 1 |
| Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record | 1 |
| HACAMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 1 |
| Universidade Paulistalocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 1 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Riobamba, EC | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| IAPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Collections de la Faculte des Sciences de Lyonlocation not on record | 1 |
| ESALQlocation not on record | 1 |
| Santarém, BR | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| COLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Criciúma, BR | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Pernambucolocation not on record | 1 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| Dirección Nacional Forestal, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderíalocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 1 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Pouteria caimito was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.