Lucuma capacifolia

Lucuma capacifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae.^[2] It is a tree endemic to northwestern Ecuador, where it is known as mamey. It is native to the provinces of Esmeraldas, Manabí, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, and Pichincha, where it grows in lowland and foothill evergreen tropical moist forest from 80 to 920 meters elevation. It threatened by habitat loss from the deforestation and conversion to agriculture of its native forests. It has an estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) of 9,949 km², and an area of occupancy of 72 km², and its remaining populations are often small and fragmented. The species is assessed as endangered by the IUCN.^[1]

Lucuma capacifolia
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Lucuma
Species:	L. capacifolia
Binomial name
Lucuma capacifolia (Pilz) Swenson
Synonyms[2]
Pouteria capacifolia Pilz