I noticed how hard it was to find info about this plant when gathering data on it. Here's the various descriptions I found:
"Large fruit, sweet canistel-like pulp. Commercial fruit in the Colombian Chocó."
"The edible fruit is highly esteemed in its native Colombia, but is little known elsewhere".
"Edible qualities varying from custard-like to mealy and with an agreeable sweetness and flavour lying somewhere between banana and apple". A-vítamin rich.
"The pulp is yellow with an acid-sweet flavour. Sapote [Q. cordata] usually fetches higher prices than almirajó " - Page also however says that the tree is only 2m, which seems to contradict other sources that say normally to 15m, exceptionally to 20m, with a 25cm trunk.
"with pulp is formed by powdery matter, agglutinated by a bittersweet molasses that allows its tasting with spoon"
I found no pollination data, although the flowers at least look bisexual. Found no productivity data. Supposedly likes clay loams with pH 4,5 to 7, with a "normal" level of moisture, and is flood (but not drought) tolerant. Likes daytime temperatures from 25-27°C, tolerating 19-35°C. Apparently likes some (but not heavy) shade. Ideally 1300-1800mm of rainfall per year. Loves humidity.
Crossreferencing its GBIF sample locations with NASA climate data I get the following averages:
Winter (low/avg/high): 17,8 / 22,6 / 27,4
Annual avg. (low/avg/high): 18,4 / 23,3 / 28,2
Summer (low / avg / high): 18,9 / 23,9 / 28,2
Daily temperature fluctuations (min / avg / max): 9,2 / 9,8 / 10,6
Average cloudcover (min / avg / max): 72% / 78% / 83%
Wet days per month (dry season, avg, wet season): 13 / 19 / 23,7
Sunlight daily average W/m² (min, avg, max): 113 / 131 / 149
Average humidity (note: the humidity data from NASA is sometimes a bit weird and I'm not sure why) (dry, avg, wet): 79%, 82%, 85%
Average windspeed (min, avg, max), m/s: 2,76 / 3,7 / 4,87
Daily precipitation, mm (dry, avg, wet): 6,42 / 10,66 / 15,02
Monsoonal climate rating (my formula): 39% (somewhat, but not heavily, monsoonal)
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It's nice having a database
Just wish I had more info on some of these less common species... Right now I'm digging through research papers for PPFD saturation data (aka, how much sunlight the leaves can *actually* use, rather than just "Some guy on the net says that they like full sun")... unfortunately I didn't find any for Patinoa sp. So right now all I have to go on with this species is that they prefer some (but not heavy) shade to full sun. And it's worth noting that they're from a place with pretty heavy average daily cloudcover.
