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Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E.Moore & Stearn

Sapotaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)

SC SE

E [D]

hyg->mes calc

dr (bark fragments applied as poultice for wart and callus, boiled fruits for dysentery and stomach ulcer, rind of seed kernel taken orally for kidney stones and rheumatism, seed oil application for ear and eye infections, seed oil beverage as diuretic) fd (fruits) ma (latex) pl sa ti (carpentry, flooring, furniture, heavy construction, interior decoration, posts, turned work) tx (seeds)

Achradelpha mammosa (L.) O.F.Cook Achras mammosa L. Achras zapota L. p.p. Achras zapota major Jacq. Bassia jussiaei Tussac Calocarpum huastecanum Gilly Calocarpum mammosum (L.) Pierre. Calocarpum mammosum var. bonplandii (Kunth) Pierre Calocarpum mammosum var. candollei (Pierre) Pierre Calocarpum mammosum var. ovoideum (Pierre) Pierre Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr. Calospermum mammosum (L.) Pierre Calospermum mammosum var. bonplandii (Kunth) Pierre Calospermum mammosum var. candollei Pierre Calospermum mammosum var. ovoidea Pierre Lucuma bonplandii Kunth Lucuma mammosa (L.) C.F.Gaertn. Pouteria mammosa (L.) Cronquist Sapota mammosa Mill. Syderoxylum sapota Jacq. Vitellaria mammosa (L.) Radlk.

sapote pouteria; mamee sapote, mamee-apple, mamey apple (Belize); mammee sapota (Bermuda, Jamaica); mammee zapote; mammy apple (Belize); marmalade plum, marmelade plum (Jamaica); naseberry, red mammee, red zapotee (Puerto Rico); sapote

pouteria sapote; grand sapotillier (Haiti); grosse sapote (Martinique); jaune d'oeuf; sapote (Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique); sapote à creme (Guadeloupe); sapotier, sapotier jaune d'oeuf (Haiti); sapotille mamey (Guadeloupe, Martinique); sapotillier marmelade (Haiti)

mamey (Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Spain, Venezuela); mamey colorado (Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela); mamey de tierra (Panama); mamey mata serrana (Ecuador); mamey rojo (Puerto Rico); mamey sapote (Cuba, Puerto Rico); níspero (Colombia); saltule (Belize); sapote (Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Spain); sapote colorado (Costa Rica, Honduras); sapote de montana (Guatemala); sapote grande (Nicaragua); zapote (Belize, Colombia, Honduras, Spain, Venezuela); zapote colorado (Mexico); zapote costeño, zapote de carne (Colombia); zapote mamey (Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela); zapotillo (Costa Rica, Honduras)

atzapolcuahuitl (nahuatl); bolom, bólom, bolom-itath, bólomitath (huasteco and nahuatl, Mexico); cá-ac (mixe); chacal-haaz (maya); cuyg'anac (popoluca); gran sapoti (creole, Haiti); guela-gue, guendashuno, guendaxiña, guetogue, guixron (zapoteco); haaz (maya); huacuz (tarasco); jòn dèf (creole, Haiti); lichucut-ja-ca (totonaco); ma-ta-ha (chinanteco); potkak (mixe); sapota (Brazil); sapoti, sapoti mamelad, sapotiye, sapotiye jòn dèf (creole, Haiti); taquisapane, tsapasabani (zoque); tzápoti (huasteco, Mexico); tzápotl (nahuatl, Mexico); uacusiuruata (tarasco); uajpulombo (cuicateco)

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Latin name	Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E.Moore & Stearn
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E [D]
Ecology	hyg->mes calc
Use	dr (bark fragments applied as poultice for wart and callus, boiled fruits for dysentery and stomach ulcer, rind of seed kernel taken orally for kidney stones and rheumatism, seed oil application for ear and eye infections, seed oil beverage as diuretic) fd (fruits) ma (latex) pl sa ti (carpentry, flooring, furniture, heavy construction, interior decoration, posts, turned work) tx (seeds)
Synonym	Achradelpha mammosa (L.) O.F.Cook Achras mammosa L. Achras zapota L. p.p. Achras zapota major Jacq. Bassia jussiaei Tussac Calocarpum huastecanum Gilly Calocarpum mammosum (L.) Pierre. Calocarpum mammosum var. bonplandii (Kunth) Pierre Calocarpum mammosum var. candollei (Pierre) Pierre Calocarpum mammosum var. ovoideum (Pierre) Pierre Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr. Calospermum mammosum (L.) Pierre Calospermum mammosum var. bonplandii (Kunth) Pierre Calospermum mammosum var. candollei Pierre Calospermum mammosum var. ovoidea Pierre Lucuma bonplandii Kunth Lucuma mammosa (L.) C.F.Gaertn. Pouteria mammosa (L.) Cronquist Sapota mammosa Mill. Syderoxylum sapota Jacq. Vitellaria mammosa (L.) Radlk.
English name	sapote pouteria; mamee sapote, mamee-apple, mamey apple (Belize); mammee sapota (Bermuda, Jamaica); mammee zapote; mammy apple (Belize); marmalade plum, marmelade plum (Jamaica); naseberry, red mammee, red zapotee (Puerto Rico); sapote
French name	pouteria sapote; grand sapotillier (Haiti); grosse sapote (Martinique); jaune d'oeuf; sapote (Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique); sapote à creme (Guadeloupe); sapotier, sapotier jaune d'oeuf (Haiti); sapotille mamey (Guadeloupe, Martinique); sapotillier marmelade (Haiti)
Spanish name	mamey (Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Spain, Venezuela); mamey colorado (Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela); mamey de tierra (Panama); mamey mata serrana (Ecuador); mamey rojo (Puerto Rico); mamey sapote (Cuba, Puerto Rico); níspero (Colombia); saltule (Belize); sapote (Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Spain); sapote colorado (Costa Rica, Honduras); sapote de montana (Guatemala); sapote grande (Nicaragua); zapote (Belize, Colombia, Honduras, Spain, Venezuela); zapote colorado (Mexico); zapote costeño, zapote de carne (Colombia); zapote mamey (Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela); zapotillo (Costa Rica, Honduras)
Other name	atzapolcuahuitl (nahuatl); bolom, bólom, bolom-itath, bólomitath (huasteco and nahuatl, Mexico); cá-ac (mixe); chacal-haaz (maya); cuyg'anac (popoluca); gran sapoti (creole, Haiti); guela-gue, guendashuno, guendaxiña, guetogue, guixron (zapoteco); haaz (maya); huacuz (tarasco); jòn dèf (creole, Haiti); lichucut-ja-ca (totonaco); ma-ta-ha (chinanteco); potkak (mixe); sapota (Brazil); sapoti, sapoti mamelad, sapotiye, sapotiye jòn dèf (creole, Haiti); taquisapane, tsapasabani (zoque); tzápoti (huasteco, Mexico); tzápotl (nahuatl, Mexico); uacusiuruata (tarasco); uajpulombo (cuicateco)
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