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North America distribution zone

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Chrysophyllum cainito L.

Sapotaceae

SE North America (Greater Antilles) int SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama), South America (tropics) and W Africa

hel hyg calc

dr fd (fruits) fr fw pl sa ti (beams, farm building, flooring, framing, general heavy construction, naval architecture, railroad ties)

Cainito pomiferum Tussac Chrysophyllum bicolor Poir. Chrysophyllum bonplandii Klotzsch ex Miq. Chrysophyllum cainito var. jamaicense Jacq. Chrysophyllum cainito var. martinicense Pierre ex Duss Chrysophyllum cainito var. pomiferum (Tussac) Pierre Chrysophyllum cainito var. portoricense A.DC Chrysophyllum monopyrenum Sw. Chrysophyllum ottonis Klotzsch ex Miq. Chrysophyllum sericeum Salisb. Cynodendron bicolor (Poir.) Baehni

cainito starapple; apra (Suriname); cainit (Virgin Islands); cainito, cainto, goldenleaf; green-skinned star apple, purple star apple (Jamaica); star apple (Belize, Panama); star-apple; white-skinned star apple (Jamaica); wild cainit (Virgin Islands)

caïmitier des jardins; bon caïmite (Haiti); caïmite, caïmite des jardins, caïmite franche, caïmitier, caïmitier à feuilles d'or, grande caïmite

caimillo (Colombia); caimite (Trinidad and Tobago); caimitillo (Puerto Rico); caimito (Belize, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela); caimito cimarrón (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); caimo, caimo morado, chupón (Colombia); commito (Belize); kaimit (Trinidad and Tobago); lechecillo (Puerto Rico); madura verde (Colombia)

bon kaymit (creole, Haiti); cainito (Brazil); grand kaymit, kaymit, kaymit fèy dò, kaymit fran, kaymit jaden (creole, Haiti); sterapple (Curaçao, Suriname)

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Latin name	Chrysophyllum cainito L.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Greater Antilles) int SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama), South America (tropics) and W Africa
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg calc
Use	dr fd (fruits) fr fw pl sa ti (beams, farm building, flooring, framing, general heavy construction, naval architecture, railroad ties)
Synonym	Cainito pomiferum Tussac Chrysophyllum bicolor Poir. Chrysophyllum bonplandii Klotzsch ex Miq. Chrysophyllum cainito var. jamaicense Jacq. Chrysophyllum cainito var. martinicense Pierre ex Duss Chrysophyllum cainito var. pomiferum (Tussac) Pierre Chrysophyllum cainito var. portoricense A.DC Chrysophyllum monopyrenum Sw. Chrysophyllum ottonis Klotzsch ex Miq. Chrysophyllum sericeum Salisb. Cynodendron bicolor (Poir.) Baehni
English name	cainito starapple; apra (Suriname); cainit (Virgin Islands); cainito, cainto, goldenleaf; green-skinned star apple, purple star apple (Jamaica); star apple (Belize, Panama); star-apple; white-skinned star apple (Jamaica); wild cainit (Virgin Islands)
French name	caïmitier des jardins; bon caïmite (Haiti); caïmite, caïmite des jardins, caïmite franche, caïmitier, caïmitier à feuilles d'or, grande caïmite
Spanish name	caimillo (Colombia); caimite (Trinidad and Tobago); caimitillo (Puerto Rico); caimito (Belize, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela); caimito cimarrón (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); caimo, caimo morado, chupón (Colombia); commito (Belize); kaimit (Trinidad and Tobago); lechecillo (Puerto Rico); madura verde (Colombia)
Other name	bon kaymit (creole, Haiti); cainito (Brazil); grand kaymit, kaymit, kaymit fèy dò, kaymit fran, kaymit jaden (creole, Haiti); sterapple (Curaçao, Suriname)
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