Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E.Moore & Stearn [Sapotaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
grand sapotillier	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jaune d'oeuf	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sabúdi	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
sapote	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sapotillier	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sapotillier marmelade	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
zapotier	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, seed, leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr. Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 3: 284 (1923).
Lucuma bonplandii Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 240 (1819).
Sideroxylon sapota Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 15 (1760).
Achras mammosa Bonpl. ex Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 64 (1863), nom. illeg.
Bassia jussaei Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 402 (1861).
Calocarpum huastecanum Gilly Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 71: 659 (1944).
Calocarpum mammosum var. bonplandii (Kunth) Pierre in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 99 (1904).
Calocarpum mammosum var. candollei (Pierre) Pierre in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 99 (1904).
Calocarpum mammosum var. ovoideum (Pierre) Pierre in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 99 (1904).
Calospermum mammosum var. bonplandii (Kunth) Pierre Notes Bot. Sapot.: 13 (1890).
Calospermum mammosum var. candollei Pierre Notes Bot. Sapot.: 13 (1890).
Calospermum mammosum var. ovoidea Pierre Notes Bot. Sapot.: 13 (1890).
Calospermum parvum Pierre Notes Bot. Sapot.: 13 (1890).
Sapota mammosa Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Calocarpum sapota	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Lucuma bonplandia H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pouteria sapota	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore et Steam	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E.Moore & Stearn	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.e. Moore & Stearn	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) Moore & Stearn	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Pouteria sapota (Jacq.)H.E.Moore & Stearn	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pouteria zapota	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Sideroxylon sapota Jacq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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