Bui. 445, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE X. 



The ABiu, a Fruit Resembling the Sapodilla. 



This tree is comparatively rare in tropical America, but it is cultivated at Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and 

 other places in Brazil. The fruit is bright yellow in color, with white flesh of a sweet, rich flavor, 

 strongly suggesting that of the sapodUla (Achras zapota), to which it is related. The tree is small 

 and of very attractive appearance. Botanically it is known as Fouteria caimito. Photographed at 

 Bahia, Brazil, November 3, 1913. (Natural size.) 



