Pouteria polysepala
Species of flowering plant
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Pouteria polysepala is a rare species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is a tree native to the western Amazon Basin of northwestern Brazil and adjacent Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia,[2] and to northwestern Ecuador.[3] It is threatened by habitat loss and is considered Critically Endangered (CR). It is known to reside only upon large trees in a forest that is not experiencing heavy flooding.[1] In the 1998 IUCN Red List assessment the only known occurrence of Pouteria polysepala is at the mouth of the Javari River in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.[4][1] As of March 2026 the GBIF has 23 georeferenced records covering a larger area across several countries.[2]
| Pouteria polysepala | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Genus: | Pouteria |
| Species: | P. polysepala |
| Binomial name | |
| Pouteria polysepala T.D.Penn. | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Calocarpum odoratum Ducke | |
