The name was born during conversations between the leading growers of fruit in Panama who were looking for a way to become more competitive and work together to achieve an improved international market presence.

The word “Caimito”, is the name given to a large river that crosses the fertile plains of this area of the country. The Spanish conquistadores in 1510 gave the area this name because of the importance of this river to colonization of the areas to north west of city of Panama.