Lucuma campechianaKunth

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WFO wfo-0000230767 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Lucuma campechiana, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2020-07-08 / obs. 84844137
Lucuma campechiana, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 84844141
Lucuma campechiana, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 84844148
Lucuma campechiana, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. d Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 26727577

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Lucuma campechiana is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamá
Native distribution of Lucuma campechiana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 33 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Lucuma elongata (C.F.Gaertn.) Steud.
  • Lucuma glabrifolia Pittier
  • Lucuma heyderi Standl.
  • Lucuma inseparabilis (Pierre) Dubard
  • Lucuma laeteviridis Pittier
  • Lucuma nervosa A.DC.
  • Lucuma palmeri Fernald
  • Lucuma rivicoa var. angustifolia Miq.
  • Lucuma salicifolia Kunth
  • Lucuma sphaerocarpa A.DC.
  • Pouteria campechiana (Kunth) Baehni
  • Pouteria campechiana var. nervosa (A.DC.) Baehni
  • Pouteria campechiana var. palmeri (Fernald) Baehni
  • Pouteria campechiana var. salicifolia (Kunth) Baehni
  • Pouteria campechiana var. typica Baehni
  • Pouteria elongata (C.F.Gaertn.) Baehni
  • Pouteria glabrifolia (Pittier) Cronquist
  • Pouteria laeteviridis (Pittier) Lundell
  • Pouteria mante Lundell
  • Radlkoferella glabrifolia (Pittier) Aubrév.
  • Radlkoferella inseparabilis Pierre
  • Radlkoferella sphaerocarpa Pierre
  • Richardella campechiana (Kunth) Pierre
  • Richardella nervosa Pierre

and 9 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol POCA23. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.