Plant Details

Accepted name:: Manilkara chicle (Pittier) Gilly [Sapotaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chicle	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
chico zapote	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
crown gum	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
jiya	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
nispero	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
	gum	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Achras calcicola Pittier J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 438 (1919).
Achras chicle Pittier J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 436 (1919).
Manilkara calcicola (Pittier) Gilly Trop. Woods 73: 15 (1943).
Manilkara calcicola var. colombiana Gilly Trop. Woods 73: 17 (1943).
Mopania calcicola (Pittier) Lundell Wrightia 6: 19 (1978).
Mopania chicle (Pittier) Lundell Wrightia 6: 19 (1978).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Manilkara chicle (Pittier) Gilly	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Manilkara chicle Gilly	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)

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