Abiu (Pouteria caimito)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Pouteria caimito (Ruiz & Pav.) Radlk.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Pouteria caimito
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: (Ruiz & Pav.) Radlk.
Common names: Abiu, caimito
Names in other languages (57)
Aa kuña, Abio, Abiorama, Abiurama, Abiurana, Abiurana-acariquara, Abiurana-do-caranazal, Abiurana-vermelha, Aviyu, Cafuche, Caimitillo, Caimito Amarillo, Caimito de Monte, Caimito silvestre, Caimo Maduroverde, Caimo Pequeñito, Caimo de Borugo, Caimo de Charapa, Caimo de Monte, Caimo de Sol, Caríca, Cauje, Jificona, Jo’ya toa, Maduraverde, Mazarandua, Meñekawe, Meñigoe, Meñika, Nesarajo, Pasu, Putumayu aviyu, Quinilla, Sapote Amarillo, Sijica, Tarpu aviyu, Toa, Yaás, Zapote Amarillo, abiorana-peluda, abiu, abiurana-acariquara, abiu-da-restinga, alimihmo, atakamala, kusili palatalɨ, caimo, gema-de-ovo, guapeva, guapeva-carvão, guapeva-mirim, poutéria ovocná, sapoti-do-mato, wɨla kea, zoliv, アビウ, 加蜜蛋黃果, 雅（亞）美果, 黃晶果、黃金果
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Ericales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Sapotaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Pouteria
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: caimito
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Pouteria caimito
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 05:30.

Photo of Pouteria caimito (Ruiz & Pav.) Radlk. — Photo: Rachael Kaiser · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 05:30.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 5 of 5 is eaten by × is a host of × is pollinated by × has as a vector × interacts with ×

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is eaten by 116 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Greater Spear-Nosed Bat Phyllostomus hastatus Phyllostomidae	is eaten by	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records Gardner, A. L. 1977. Feeding habits. In: Biology of bats of the New World family Phyllostomatidae. Part II (R. J. Baker, J. K. Jones & D. C. Carter, eds.). pp. 293-350. The Museum, Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, USA. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Brazil · no date published doi:10.1002/ecy.1818 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bello2017 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Many-banded Araçari Pteroglossus pluricinctus Ramphastidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Stevenson 2015 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Colombia · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Stevenson 2015 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Colombia · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Amazonian Motmot Momotus momota Momotidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Stevenson 2015 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Colombia · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is a host of 12 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Maravalia lucumae Chaconiaceae	is a host of	15	not compared
15 sources · 15 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=705388 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Para vicinity of · Jan. 1, 1908 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=705389 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Para vicinity of · Jan. 1, 1908 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=713940 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Para · May 15, 1908 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=713941 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Para vicinity of · May 15, 1908 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=952634 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Intercepted Miami, Florida #018775 · July 21, 1978 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=4364191 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Para, vincinity of; -3.6029495 -56.9778916 · May 15, 1908 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=4635833 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: vicinity of Pará · May 15, 1908 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=4635840 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Pará · Jan. 2, 1908 · Preserved specimen And 7 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Pestalotia palmarum	is a host of	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1309839 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Rio de Janeiro · June 1, 1910 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1309840 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Rio de Janeiro · June 1, 1910 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Regal Hairstreak Evenus regalis	is a host of	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-… Published in globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS Context: Brazil · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Glomerellaceae	is a host of	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Duan, L., Fan, H.Y., Luo, Z.W., Hu, F.C., Yu, N.T., Chen, Z., Guo, L.J., He, F., and Deng, H.D.. 2018. First report of leaf spot disease caused by %Colletotrichum gloeosporioides% on %Pouteria caimito% in China. Pl. Dis. 102(7):1448 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: China · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Pollination

is pollinated by 6 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Amaxia pandama Erebidae	is pollinated by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Ugo Mendes Diniz, Alexander Keller, Gunnar Brehm, Sabine Fernanda Viteri Lalama, Kilian Frühholz, Maximilian Pitz, Julia Windl, Santiago Erazo, Santiago Fernando Burneo, Marco Tschapka, Sara Diana Leonhardt; The neglected pollinators: settling moths are keystone floral visitors … Published in globalbioticinteractions/mendes-diniz-2025 Context: Ecuador · May 11, 2022 A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Correbidia calopteridia Erebidae	is pollinated by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Ugo Mendes Diniz, Alexander Keller, Gunnar Brehm, Sabine Fernanda Viteri Lalama, Kilian Frühholz, Maximilian Pitz, Julia Windl, Santiago Erazo, Santiago Fernando Burneo, Marco Tschapka, Sara Diana Leonhardt; The neglected pollinators: settling moths are keystone floral visitors … Published in globalbioticinteractions/mendes-diniz-2025 Context: Ecuador · May 23, 2022 A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Symphlebia tessellata Erebidae	is pollinated by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Ugo Mendes Diniz, Alexander Keller, Gunnar Brehm, Sabine Fernanda Viteri Lalama, Kilian Frühholz, Maximilian Pitz, Julia Windl, Santiago Erazo, Santiago Fernando Burneo, Marco Tschapka, Sara Diana Leonhardt; The neglected pollinators: settling moths are keystone floral visitors … Published in globalbioticinteractions/mendes-diniz-2025 Context: Ecuador · April 24, 2022 A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Ormetica sypilus Erebidae	is pollinated by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Ugo Mendes Diniz, Alexander Keller, Gunnar Brehm, Sabine Fernanda Viteri Lalama, Kilian Frühholz, Maximilian Pitz, Julia Windl, Santiago Erazo, Santiago Fernando Burneo, Marco Tschapka, Sara Diana Leonhardt; The neglected pollinators: settling moths are keystone floral visitors … Published in globalbioticinteractions/mendes-diniz-2025 Context: Ecuador · March 23, 2022 A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a vector 3 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae	has as a vector	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Ruschi, A. 1953d. Morcêgos do estado do Espírito Santo. XVIII. Família Phyllostomidae. Descrição das espécies Artibeus jamaicensis lituratus e Vampyrops lineatus, com algumas observações. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão, Series Zoologia 20: 1-8. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Espírito Santo-Forest · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae	has as a vector	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Gardner, A. L. 1977. Feeding habits. In: Biology of bats of the New World family Phyllostomatidae. Part II (R. J. Baker, J. K. Jones & D. C. Carter, eds.). pp. 293-350. The Museum, Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, USA. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Unspecified · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Greater Spear-Nosed Bat Phyllostomus hastatus Phyllostomidae	has as a vector	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Ruschi, A. 1953a. Morcegos do estado do Espírito Santo XII. Família Phyllostomidae: Descrição das espécies: Micronycteris megalotis megalotus e Phyllostomus hastatus hastatus, com algumas observações biológicas a respeito. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão, Series Zoolog… Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Espírito Santo-Forest · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Carales astur Erebidae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144764108 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 29, 2020 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

Each block is headed by the source's own term, read from this species' end — not by a category of ours. Two similar terms are not merged.

«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.