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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A small, spreading, evergreen or nearly deciduous tree reaching a height of 20 m although grafted trees usually are 8-10 m tall. Trees in the Mexican group lose nearly all there leaves in winter. It has a low branched trunk and an irregular, densely foliated crown. Fruits are 7-20 cm lang and 7-10 cm in diameter. They may be round, oblong, pear shaped or bottle necked, green or may be tinged with purple. USES The pulp is used as a fresh salad fruit. The pulp can be frozen, used in guacamole and various sauces, and as a flavor in ice creams. The pulp contain 3-30% of an edible oil similar to olive oil. The unripe fruit is poisonous and the ground-up seed mixed with cheese is used as rat and mouse killer. Mentioned as a useful agroforestry species. KILLING T The Mexican type may tolerate -6øC, but the trees will not tolerate frost during the flowering period. GROWING PERIOD Perennial. Trees from seedlings begins to bear after 4-5 years and grafted trees begin to fruit after the 3rd year. Fruits matur |
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Notes: SOURCES (P. americana Mill.) Sims D (pers. comm.) Rhem S 1991 pp 192-193 [KTMP, DEP, DRA, TEXT, PH, SAL] Samson J 1986 pp 235-255 [TEMP, RAIN, LIG, PHO, DRA, TEXT, PH] Roecklein J 1987 pp 198 [USE, TEXT, DRA, SAL, TEMP] Eswaran H 1986 pp 6 12 81 Hartmann T 1981 pp 610-611 [KTMP, TEXT, DRA, FER] Rice R 1990 pp 60-65 [KTMP, DRA, SAL, FER] Duke J 1975 pp 23 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Sauls J 1976 Hackett C 1982 pp 122 [FER, PHO, DEP, PH, TEXT, TEMP] Popenoe W 1974 pp 23 Nair P 1984 pp 19 [RAIN, TEMP, TEXT, DEP, DRA, USE] Van Waveren E 1993 pp 53 FAO For. Paper 67 pp 161 Hensleigh T 1988 pp 249-253 [DEP, TEXT, DRA, PH, SAL, TEMP, KTMP, RAIN, LIMITS] Martin F 1984 pp 247-249 [TEMP, KTMP, RAIN, DRA, TEXT, USE] |