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



Summary
Genus:
Pouteria
Family:
Sapotaceae
Subfamily:
Chrysophylloideae
Nomen number:
1303
Place of publication:
Taxon 16:383. 1967
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
Basionym
Sideroxylon sapota Jacq.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Achras lucuma Blanco
Invalid Designation(s)
Achras mammosa auct.
Calocarpum mammosum auct.
Lucuma mammosa auct.
Pouteria mammosa auct.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  3. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  5. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  7. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  9. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  10. Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
  11. Pennington, T. D. 1991. The genera of the Sapotaceae
  12. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
  13. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  14. Reitz, R., ed. 1965-. Flora ilustrada catarinense. Note: = Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr.
  15. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:259.
  16. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
mammee sapote –
marmalade-plum –
marmalade-tree –
German
große Sapote –
Spanish
mamey –
mamey colorado –
sapote –
zapote –
zapote mamey –
Swedish
mameysapote –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico s.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl SalvadorSan Vicente 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua e.
2Cultivated    widely cult. in tropics
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico (s.)
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua (e.), El Salvador [San Vicente]
Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=1303. Accessed 10 May 2025.