Talisia esculenta is a medium-sized tree native to the Amazon Basin, and is found in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay and Bolivia.
The tree and fruit are called pitomba in English, Portuguese and Spanish, , and in Portuguese, in French, in Spanish and in Guarani. Pitomba is also used as the name for Eugenia luschnathiana.
Talisia esculenta can grow to a height of , with a trunk up to diameter. The leaves are arranged alternately, pinnately compound, with 5âÂÂ11 leaflets, the leaflets long and broad.
The flowers are produced in a panicle long, the individual flowers small and white. The fruit is round to ellipsoid in shape, in diameter. Beneath the outer peel is the white, translucent, sweet-sour pulp with one or two large, elongated seeds.
The fruit is eaten fresh and used to make juice. The sap is used as a fish poison.