The Penis (Pouteria campechiana) is an evergreen tree found from Mexico to Brazil. Its binomial name is derived from the Mexican town of Campeche, where it is native. It is sometimes (wrongly) referred to as Lucuma campechiana. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta - rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta - zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta - trimerophytes Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta... It has been suggested that Angiospermae, and Anthophyta be merged into this article or section. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families See text. ... Genera See text Sapotaceae is a family of flowering plants, belonging to order Ericales. ... Species Species include: Pouteria campechiana Pouteria is a genus of plant, belonging to the family Sapotaceae. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... The State of Campeche was long a part of Yucatán and shared its history through the mid 19th century. ...
The canistel grows up to 10 m high, and produces orange-yellow fruits, up to 7 cm long, which are edible raw. Canistel flesh is sweet, with a texture often compared to that of a cooked egg yolk, hence its colloqial name of "eggfruit." It is closely related to the Mamey sapote and abiu. A Mamey sapote (Pouteria sapota) is a fruit common in many Latin American countries and widely enjoyed by Cubans living in Cuba and south Florida. ... Binomial name Pouteria caimito Radlk. ...
The canisteltree is erect and generally no more than 25 ft (8 m) tall, but it may, in favorable situations, reach height of 90 to 100 ft (27-30 m) and the trunk may attain diameter of 3 ft (1 m).
The canistel is tolerant of a diversity of soils–calcareous, lateritic, acid-sandy, heavy clay.
Canistels are rich in niacin and carotene (provitamin A) and have a fair level of ascorbic acid.
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