A New Species of Casimiroa (Rutaceae) from Nicaragua and Costa Rica

Amy Pool; Indiana M. Coronado

Amy Pool Missouri Botanical Garden
Indiana M. Coronado Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua–León, Herbario (HULE)

Keywords: Casimiroa, cochitzapotl, Costa Rica, iztactzapotl, matasano, matasano del pacifico, Nicaragua, tapaculo, white sapote, zapote blanco, zapote somnifero

Abstract

A new species, Casimiroa dura A. Pool & Coronado, is described from Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The new species is most similar to C. sapota Oerst., but differs in its fruit’s epicarp, which is hard, thick, and brittle.