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Taxon:  Chrysophyllum cainito L.



Summary
Genus:
Chrysophyllum
Family:
Sapotaceae
Subfamily:
Chrysophylloideae
Nomen number:
10405
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:192. 1753
Verified:
11/20/1995 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
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- Note: cultivated
  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=Chrysophyllum+cainito&quantity=1
  7. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae. 2001 http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
  8. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource). http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
  9. Jardín Botánico Nacional. Flora de la República de Cuba. 1998-
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972 Note: cultivated
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  12. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2. 2000
  13. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  14. Parker, I. M. et al. 2010. Domestication syndrome in caimito (Chrysophyllum cainito L.): fruit and seed characteristics. Econ. Bot. 64:161-175. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
  15. Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:552, 554. http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
  16. Pennington, T. D. The genera of the Sapotaceae. 1991
  17. Petersen, J. J. et al. 2012. Origins and close relatives of a semi-domesticated neotropical fruit tree: Chrysophyllum cainito (Sapotaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 99:585-604. http://www.amjbot.org
  18. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  19. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
  20. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976 Note: cultivated
  21. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- Note: cultivated
  22. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
  23. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 2:115. http://proseanet.org
  24. Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976
  25. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980 Note: cultivated, became naturalized (fidee F Neotrop)
Common names
English
star-apple –
French
caïmitier –
German
Sternapfel –
Spanish
caimito –
caimito blanco –
caimito morado –
Swedish
stjärnäpple –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCayman Islands  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
2Cultivated    widely cult. in tropics
4Naturalized    widely natzd. in tropics
Native
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized (widely natzd. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Human food
Materials
wood (fide Dict Econ Pl; F Cuba) –
Medicines
folklore (fide F Cuba) –


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