Lucuma

Description

Lucuma is a fruit from South America. It is native to the Andes Mountains of Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

It has a sweet, creamy and dry flesh. The texture of the flesh is often closely compared to cooked egg yolk. It tastes and smells similar to a combination of maple syrup, sweet potato and butterscotch.

Though this fruit is very popular and economically important too in South America, it is not usually exported further afield.

Lucuma is a national fruit of Chile.