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Sapotaceae
Pouteria sapota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Type genus
Manilkara Adans.[1]
Subfamilies
Chrysophylloideae Sapotoideae Sarcospermatoideae

Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia in Narsapur, Medak district, India.

Sapotaceae is a family of flowering plants, belonging to order Ericales. The family includes approximately 800 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in approximately 65 genera (35-75, depending on generic definition). Distribution is pantropical.

Many species produce edible fruits, and/or have other economic uses. Species noted for their edible fruits include Manilkara zapota (Sapodilla, Sapota), Manilkara chicle (Chicle), Chrysophyllum cainito (Star-apple or Golden Leaf Tree), Pouteria (Abiu, Canistel, Lúcuma, Mamey sapote), Vitellaria paradoxa (Shea) and Sideroxylon australe (Australian native plum). Shea (shi in several dialect languages of West Africa; karité in francophone also anglicised as Shea butter) is also the source of an oil-rich nut, the source of edible "shea butter," which is the major lipid source for many African ethnic groups and is also used in traditional and Western cosmetics and medications. The 'miracle fruit,' Synsepalum dulcificum is also in Sapotaceae.

Trees of the genus Palaquium (Gutta-percha) produce an important latex with a wide variety of uses.

The seeds of the tree Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels produce an edible oil, traditionally harvested in Morocco.

The family name is derived from zapote, a Mexican vernacular name for one of the plants (in turn derived from the Nahuatl "tzapotl") and latinised by Linnaeus as sapota, a name now treated as a synonym of Manilkara (also formerly known by the invalid name Achras).

Genera

References

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Translingual

Etymology

Proper noun

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Sapotaceae

1. a taxonomic family, within order Ericales - many tropical trees, some of which yield latex

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See also

• Argania
• Aubregrinia
• Aulandra
• Autranella
• Baillonella
• Breviea
• Burckella
• Capurodendron
• Chromolucuma
• Chrysophyllum
• Delpydora
• Diploknema
• Diploon
• Eberhardtia
• Ecclinusa
• Elaeoluma
• Englerophytum
• Faucherea
• Gluema
• Inhambanella
• Isonandra
• Labourdonnaisia
• Labramia
• Lecomtedoxa
• Leptostylis
• Letestua
• Madhuca
• Magodendron
• Manilkara
• Micropholis
• Mimusops
• Neohemsleya
• Neolemonniera
• Nesoluma
• Niemeyera
• Northia
• Omphalocarpum
• Palaquium
• Payena
• Pichonia
• Pouteria
• Pradosia
• Pycnandra
• Sarcaulus
• Sarcosperma
• Sideroxylon
• Synsepalum
• Tieghemella
• Tridesmostemon
• Tsebona
• Vitellaria
• Vitellariopsis
• Xantolis

From Wikispecies

Pouteria sapota, a species of familia Sapotaceae

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Unassigned Asterids
Ordo: Ericales
Familia: Sapotaceae
Genera: Argania - Aubregrinia - Aulandra - Autranella - Baillonella - Breviea - Burckella - Capurodendron - Chromolucuma - Chrysophyllum - Delpydora - Diploknema - Diploon - Eberhardtia - Ecclinusa - Elaeoluma - Englerophytum - Faucherea - Gluema - Inhambanella - Isonandra - Labourdonnaisia - Labramia - Lecomtedoxa - Leptostylis - Letestua - Madhuca - Magodendron - Manilkara - Micropholis - Mimusops - Neohemsleya - Neolemonniera - Nesoluma - Niemeyera - Northia - Omphalocarpum - Palaquium - Payena - Pichonia - Pouteria - Pradosia - Pycnandra - Sarcaulus - Sarcosperma - Sideroxylon - Synsepalum - Tieghemella - Tridesmostemon - Tsebona - Vitellaria - Vitellariopsis - Xantolis

Name

Sapotaceae Juss.

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Vernacular names

References

• Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 6, May 2005. [1]
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Vascular Plant Families and Genera[2]