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Taxon:  Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen



Summary
Genus:
Manilkara
Family:
Sapotaceae
Subfamily:
Sapotoideae
Tribe:
Sapoteae
Nomen number:
102614
Place of publication:
Blumea 7:410. 1953
Verified:
11/16/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Achras zapota L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Achradelpha mammosa O. F. Cook
Achras mammosa L.
Calocarpum mammosum Pierre
Lucuma mammosa C. F. Gaertn.
Pouteria mammosa Cronquist

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Achras zapota L. var. zapotilla Jacq.
Achras zapotilla (Jacq.) Nutt.
Manilkara achras (Mill.) Fosberg
Manilkara zapotilla (Jacq.) Gilly
Sapota zapotilla (Jacq.) Coville
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  4. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  5. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: Kampong Publications
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Manilkara+zapota&quantity=1
  7. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae. 2001 http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
  8. Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. Edible Horticultural Crops. 1982 Note: Academic Press
  9. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource). http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
  10. Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
  11. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
  12. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
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  14. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  15. Moore, H. E., Jr. & W. T. Stearn. 1967. The identity of Achras zapota L. and the names for the sapodilla and the sapote. Taxon 16:383. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
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  20. Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
  21. Reitz, R., ed. Flora ilustrada catarinense. 1965- Note: = Achras zapota L.
  22. Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). http://www.botanicalbeads.com/
  23. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 2:220. http://proseanet.org
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  26. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
chicle –
naseberry –
sapodilla –
sapote –
French
sapotier –
sapotillier –
German
Breiapfelbaum –
Kaugummibaum –
Sapodillbaum –
Sapote –
Spanish
chico sapote –
níspero –
zapote –
zapotillo –
Swedish
sapotillplommon –
Distribution
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Southern America
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua
Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)
Uncertain
Southern America
  • MESOAMERICA: El Salvador (native status uncertain)
Economic Uses
Human food
Materials
beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_113.html,) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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