Canistel Egg Fruit Seeds (Pouteria campechiana)  
100% Fresh Seeds


The canistel bears an outstanding fruit, showy, flavorful, nutritious, and useful. Yet the species is rarely seen outside tropical fruit collections. The tree is attractive and requires little maintenance. It comes into production over the winter when few other fruits are available. Admiration for this species grows with familiarity. It deserves wider planting and makes an ideal addition to the home landscape in Florida.

Fruit (climacteric)
Fruit shape ranges from spindle-shaped to round to obovate (Fig. 3); commonly with