Pouteria campechiana

canistel grows up to 10 meters high, and produces orange-yellow fruit, up to 7 centimeters long, which are edible raw. Canistel flesh is sweet, with a texture often compared to that of a hard boiled egg yolk, hence its colloquial name “egg fruit”. Leaves are alternative, smooth, dark green, elliptic to narrow-obovate with entire margins. Plant Description: Canistel grows up to 10 meters high, and produces orange-yellow fruit, up to 7 centimeters long, which are edible raw. Canistel flesh is sweet, with a texture often compared to that of a hard boiled egg yolk, hence its colloquial name “egg fruit”.Leaves are alternative, smooth, dark green, elliptic to narrow-obovate with entire margins.