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Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch

Chrysobalanaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)

SC SE

hel hyg mes calc sili

fd (bark, fruits) fr fw (charcoal, firewood) pl (ornamental) sa (shade) ti (fence posts, heavy construction, marine construction, piling, poles, posts, railroad ties)

Moquilea platypus Hemsl.

sansapote licania; monkey apple (Belize, Honduras); sansapote, wild pear

licania platypus

cabeza de mico, caca de niño (Mexico); caimopiedra (Colombia); hoja tostada (Nicaragua); huicume (Mexico); mango de monte (Colombia); marishballi (Honduras); mesonsapote, mesonzapote (Mexico); moshpin (Guatemala); pío (Mexico); sangre (Costa Rica, Panama); sapote mechudo, sonsapote (Costa Rica); sonzapote (Costa Rica, Mexico); sunco (Belize); urraco (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras); zapote (Costa Rica, Panama); zapote amarillo, zapote borracho, zapote cabello, zapote de mico, zapote de mono, zin zapote (Mexico); zonzapote (Nicaragua)

acchisht-jaca (totonaco, Mexico); chupa (Colombia); gue-lau (zapoteco, Mexico); itzampí (tzeltal, Mexico); succotz (maya, Belize); sunza (El Salvador); sunzapote (El Salvador, Nicaragua); tzonzapotl (nahuatl, Mexico)

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Latin name	Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch
Family	Chrysobalanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg mes calc sili
Use	fd (bark, fruits) fr fw (charcoal, firewood) pl (ornamental) sa (shade) ti (fence posts, heavy construction, marine construction, piling, poles, posts, railroad ties)
Synonym	Moquilea platypus Hemsl.
English name	sansapote licania; monkey apple (Belize, Honduras); sansapote, wild pear
French name	licania platypus
Spanish name	cabeza de mico, caca de niño (Mexico); caimopiedra (Colombia); hoja tostada (Nicaragua); huicume (Mexico); mango de monte (Colombia); marishballi (Honduras); mesonsapote, mesonzapote (Mexico); moshpin (Guatemala); pío (Mexico); sangre (Costa Rica, Panama); sapote mechudo, sonsapote (Costa Rica); sonzapote (Costa Rica, Mexico); sunco (Belize); urraco (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras); zapote (Costa Rica, Panama); zapote amarillo, zapote borracho, zapote cabello, zapote de mico, zapote de mono, zin zapote (Mexico); zonzapote (Nicaragua)
Other name	acchisht-jaca (totonaco, Mexico); chupa (Colombia); gue-lau (zapoteco, Mexico); itzampí (tzeltal, Mexico); succotz (maya, Belize); sunza (El Salvador); sunzapote (El Salvador, Nicaragua); tzonzapotl (nahuatl, Mexico)
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