sapodilla family
Sapotaceae
The Sapotaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to the order Ericales. The family includes approximately 800 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in about 65 genera (35–75, depending on generic definition). Their distribution is pantropical.
Many species produce edible fruits, or white blood-sap that is used to cleanse dirt, organically and manually, while others have other economic uses. Species noted for their edible fruits include Manilkara (sapodilla), Chrysophyllum cainito (star-apple or golden leaf tree), Gambeya africana and Gambeya albida (star-apple), and Pouteria (abiu, mamey sapote). Vitellaria paradoxa (shi in several languages of West Africa and karité in French; also anglicized as shea) 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 placed in the Sapotaceae.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
bully trees
genusSideroxylon
Bullytrees
genusManilkara
Red Milkwoods
genusMimusops
Chrysophyllum
genusChrysophyllum
Planchonella
genusPlanchonella
Pouteria
genusPouteria
Englerophytum
genusEnglerophytum
Lucuma
genusLucuma
Vitellaria
genusVitellaria
Palaquium
genusPalaquium
Madhuca
genusMadhuca
Synsepalum
genusSynsepalum
Labatia
genusLabatia
Pleioluma
genusPleioluma
Gayella
genusGayella
Niemeyera
genusNiemeyera
Sersalisia
genusSersalisia
Micropholis
genusMicropholis
Pycnandra
genusPycnandra
Pradosia
genusPradosia
Donella
genusDonella
Chloroluma
genusChloroluma
Amorphospermum
genusAmorphospermum
Capurodendron
genusCapurodendron
Sarcosperma
genusSarcosperma
Pichonia
genusPichonia
Vitellariopsis
genusVitellariopsis
Xantolis
genusXantolis
Ecclinusa
genusEcclinusa
Omphalocarpum
genusOmphalocarpum
Labourdonnaisia
genusLabourdonnaisia
Isonandra
genusIsonandra
Abebaia
genusAbebaia
Gambeya
genusGambeya
Aningeria
genusAningeria
Chromolucuma
genusChromolucuma
Northea
genusNorthia
Inhambanella
genusInhambanella
Payena
genusPayena
Diploknema
genusDiploknema
Peteniodendron
genusPeteniodendron
Labramia
genusLabramia
Tieghemella
genusTieghemella
Sarcaulus
genusSarcaulus
Cornuella
genusCornuella
Elaeoluma
genusElaeoluma
Prieurella
genusPrieurella
Burckella
genusBurckella
Van-royena
genusVan-royena
Baillonella
genusBaillonella
Autranella
genusAutranella
Gluema
genusGluema
Eberhardtia
genusEberhardtia
Diploon
genusDiploon
Spiniluma
genusSpiniluma
Lecomtedoxa
genusLecomtedoxa
Tridesmostemon
genusTridesmostemon
Delpydora
genusDelpydora
Bemangidia
genusBemangidia
Labourdonnaisia tampoloensis
speciesLabourdonnaisia tampoloensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48877.