Pouteria viridis

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Sapotaceae/Pouteria

At a glance

Occurrence records216

Data sources9

Biological traits13

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Pouteria viridis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility216 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

dukesphytochemcompounds

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources13 traits

Chemical compositionDukesPhytochem15 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF216 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Pouteria viridis is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae known by the common name green sapote. Other common names include red faisan, white faisan (Belize), zapote blanco, zapote rojo, zapote de castilla, zapote de montana (Costa Rica), zapote verde, zapote injerto (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras), injerto verde (Guatemala), zapotillo calenturiento (Honduras), zapote amarillo, zapote mico, zapote real (Nicaragua), chulul (Mexico),Lim, T. K. Pouteria viridis. Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 6, Fruits. Springer. 2013. yashtul, mameicito (Spanish language),Janick, J. and R. E. Paull. The Encyclopedia of Fruits and Nuts. CABI. 2008. pg. 843. chul (Mam language), ixulul (Jacalteco), raxtulul (Poqomchi' language), tulul (Tz’utujil language), and sapota zalená (Czech).

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Plant height20 m

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

03Chemical composition15 compounds

Compounds documented for Pouteria viridis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

🍽 Used in cooking

Documented compounds15 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
CARBOHYDRATES	905,065 ppm	DukesPhytochem
WATER	684,000 ppm	DukesPhytochem
FIBER	56,960 ppm	DukesPhytochem
PROTEIN	50,635 ppm	DukesPhytochem
ASH	37,975 ppm	DukesPhytochem
FAT	6,330 ppm	DukesPhytochem
KILOCALORIES	3,480 ppm	DukesPhytochem
ASCORBIC-ACID	1,360 ppm	DukesPhytochem
PHOSPHORUS	885 ppm	DukesPhytochem
CALCIUM	730 ppm	DukesPhytochem

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

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 viridis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

★rbcLa★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type216 records

Wild obs. + sensor5

Museum / vouchered210

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO408 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 5

5 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor5

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.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1>10 km 2

3 georeferenced · 207 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence210

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapnot free-living1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions15 of 23 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	57
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record	49
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record	35
Kew, GB	24
León, NI	8
San José, CR	4
Bronx, US	3
Chicago, US	3
Berlin, DE	3
Guatemala City, GT	2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	2
Auckland, NZ	2
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV	2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX	1
Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record	1
COLlocation not on record	1
Davis, US	1
Guatemala, GT	1
BISHlocation not on record	1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	1
Honolulu, US	1
South Kensington, GB	1

23 institutions · 204 of 210 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Pouteria viridis 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

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median25.2 °C 25.2–25.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.30 °C

Max temp (day)29.2 °C

Min temp (night)21.8 °C

Precipitation65.5 mm/mo

Air humidity64.9 %

Moisture balance-98.3 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,128 Pa

Wind speed1.80 m/s

Cloud cover16.1 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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.

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