Lucuma dominigensis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

{{Speciesbox

|status = EN

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Areces-Mallea, A.E. |date=1998 |title=Pouteria moaensis |volume=1998 |page=e.T35865A9957499 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35865A9957499.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

|genus = Lucuma

|species = dominigensis

|authority = C.F.Gaertn. (1807)

|synonyms =

• Lucuma serpentaria var. dominigensis {{small|(C.F.Gaertn.) Dubard (1912)}}
• Pouteria dominigensis {{small|(C.F.Gaertn.) Baehni (1942)}}
• Pouteria dominigensis var. typica {{small|Baehni (1942), not validly publ.}}
• Pouteria moaensis {{small|Alain}}
• Radlkoferella dominigensis {{small|(C.F.Gaertn.) Pierre (1890)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:787260-1 Lucuma dominigensis C.F.Gaertn.]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 April 2025.

}}

Lucuma dominigensis is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), the Bahamas, and Florida. It is threatened by habitat loss. This plant produces a round yellow fruit with an exotic flavor, a mixture between canistel (Lucuma campechiana) and Carica papaya. The pulp has with a sweet texture and is similar Lucuma campechiana. This fruit, commonly referred to as the egg-fruit {{Cite web |title=The Institute for Regional Conservation |url=https://regionalconservation.org/ircs/database/plants/PlantPageBAH.asp?TXCODE=Poutdomi |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=regionalconservation.org}} due to its association with the aforementioned and more commonly known Lucuma campechiana, is what the plant is cultivated and collected for.{{Cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.148533/Pouteria_dominigensis |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=explorer.natureserve.org}}

As the synonym Pouteria moaensis it is listed by the IUCN as an endangered species endemic to Cuba.