Lucuma

Lucuma bifera

fruit

A round fruit with green skin and floury, sweet yellow-orange flesh, from a tree of the Andean valleys; mostly found dried as powder, for desserts and ice cream.

Origin

Andean valleys (Peru)

Season (United States)

imported · all year round

Preparation

The thin skin and the large shiny pit are left; it is eaten fully ripe, when its flesh is soft.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Beta-carotene (vitamin A) · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

The tree grows in the Andean valleys, from Colombia to northern Chile, between 2,700 and 3,000 metres; Peru grows the most.