Plant Details

Accepted name:: Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen [Sapotaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aadaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beef apple	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
breiapfelbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cappotta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chak ya´	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
cheeku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chewing gum tree	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
chicle	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chicle gum	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chicle tree	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
chico sapote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chico zapote	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chicozapote	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
chikku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikku sapota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiko	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
chikoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chiku tree	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chiquibul	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
chukka	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
ciku	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cimaiyiluppai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crown gum	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
guenda-xina	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iabn	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
kaugummibaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
mamey	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
manilkara zapota whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
mratabu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mrutabu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
naseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
naseberry bully tree	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
nispero	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
niú xīn lí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
níspero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
palo maria	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
peruetano	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rata mee	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ratabu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rén cān guǒ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rén xīn guǒ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sagadú	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
sapatu	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sapodilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sapodilla (plum)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sapodilla plum	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sapodillbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sapota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sapotaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sapotas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sapotasima	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sapote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
sapotier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sapotilla	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sapotillier	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sapotillplommon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sauh menila	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sawanila	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sawo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sawo manila	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sepadilla	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
shimai eluppai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sima	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simaippa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sopota	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thagya	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
the chiku tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tree potato	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tuingamu-no-ki	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
wú fèng shì zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ya´	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
zapote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
zapote chico	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
zapote de abejas	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
zapotillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
zapotl	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
人参果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
人心果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
吴凤柿子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
牛心梨	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit, bark, leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Bark, seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
seed, fruit, bark, latex		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
	gum	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
sap		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 67 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Achradelpha mammosa (L.) O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 160 (1913).
Achras mammosa L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 469 (1762), nom. illeg.
Achras sapota L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 470 (1762), orth. var.
Achras zapota L. Sp. Pl., App.: 1190 (1753).
Achras zapota var. zapotilla Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 57 (1763).
Calocarpum mammosum (L.) Pierre in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 98 (1904).
Lucuma mammosa (L.) C.F.Gaertn. Suppl. Carp.: 129 (1807).
Manilkara achras (Mill.) Fosberg Taxon 13: 255 (1964).
Manilkara zapotilla (Jacq.) Gilly Trop. Woods 73: 20 (1943).
Sapota achras Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).
Sapota zapotilla (Jacq.) Coville ex Safford Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 370 (1905).
Vitellaria mammosa (L.) Radlk. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 12: 321 (1882).
Achras breviloba (Gilly) Lundell Phytologia 17: 445 (1968).
Achras calderonii (Gilly) Lundell Phytologia 16: 445 (1968).
Achras conzattii (Gilly) Lundell Phytologia 16: 445 (1968).
Achras coriacea Lundell Wrightia 6: 12 (1978).
Achras dactylina Lundell Wrightia 6: 13 (1978).
Achras gaumeri (Gilly) Lundell Phytologia 16: 445 (1968).
Achras latiloba Lundell Wrightia 6: 14 (1978).
Achras lobulata (Lundell) Lundell Wrightia 5: 350 (1977).
Achras lucuma Blanco Fl. Filip.: 237 (1837).
Achras meridionalis (Gilly) Lundell Phytologia 17: 446 (1968).
Achras occidentalis Cels ex Ten. Cat. Ort. Bot. Napoli: 77 (1845).
Achras paludosa Lundell Wrightia 6: 15 (1978).
Achras petenensis (Lundell) Lundell Wrightia 5: 350 (1977).
Achras rojasii (Gilly) Lundell Phytologia 16: 446 (1968).
Achras sapatilla J.Paul & W.Arnold Jam. Phys. J. 1: 315 (1834).
Achras striata (Gilly) Lundell Phytologia 16: 446 (1968).
Achras tabogaensis (Gilly) Lundell Phytologia 16: 446 (1968).
Achras tainteriana Lundell Wrightia 6: 16 (1978).
Achras tchicomame Perr. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 95 (1825).
Achras verrucosa Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 294 (1812).
Achras zapota f. asperma M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 253 (1890).
Achras zapota var. candollei Pierre in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 97 (1904).
Achras zapota var. globosa Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 292 (1812).
Achras zapota var. lobata (A.DC.) Pierre in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 97 (1904).
Achras zapota var. major Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 56 (1763).
Achras zapota var. ovalis Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 292 (1812).
Achras zapota var. pedicellaris Pierre in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 97 (1904).
Achras zapota var. sphaerica (A.DC.) Pierre in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 97 (1904).
Achras zapota var. typica Stehlé Caribbean Forester 4: 118 (1943), not validly publ.
Achras zapotilla (Jacq.) Nutt. N. Amer. Sylv. 3: 90 (1849).
Calospermum mammosum (L.) Pierre Notes Bot. Sapot.: 13 (1890).
Gambeya mammosa (L.) Pierre Notes Bot. Sapot.: 61 (1891).
Lucuma zapota (L.) Urb. Symb. Antill. 5: 99 (1904).
Lucuma zapota var. anguai Rojas Acosta Bull. Géogr. Bot. 24: 213 (1914).
Manilkara breviloba Gilly Trop. Woods 73: 19 (1943).
Manilkara calderonii Gilly Trop. Woods 73: 18 (1943).
Manilkara conzattii Gilly Trop. Woods 73: 18 (1943).
Manilkara gaumeri Gilly Trop. Woods 73: 19 (1943).
Manilkara grisebachii (Pierre) Dubard Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 15 (1915).
Manilkara meridionalis Gilly Trop. Woods 73: 12 (1943).
Manilkara meridionalis var. caribbensis Gilly Trop. Woods 73: 13 (1943).
Manilkara rojasii Gilly Trop. Woods 73: 11 (1943).
Manilkara striata Gilly Trop. Woods 73: 11 (1943).
Manilkara tabogaensis Gilly Trop. Woods 73: 10 (1943).
Manilkariopsis lobulata Lundell Wrightia 5: 253 (1976).
Manilkariopsis meridionalis (Gilly) Lundell Wrightia 5: 172 (1975).
Manilkariopsis petenensis Lundell Wrightia 5: 172 (1975).
Manilkariopsis rojasii (Gilly) Lundell Wrightia 5: 176 (1975).
Manilkariopsis striata (Gilly) Lundell Wrightia 5: 178 (1975).
Manilkariopsis tabogaensis (Gilly) Lundell Wrightia 5: 178 (1975).
Mimusops grisebachii Pierre in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 173 (1904).
Nispero achras (Mill.) Aubrév. Adansonia, n.s., 5: 19 (1965).
Pouteria mammosa (L.) Cronquist Lloydia 9: 287 (1946).
Sapota achras var. lobata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 174 (1844).
Sapota achras var. sphaerica A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 174 (1844).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Achradelpha mammosa Cook	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Achras mammosa L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Achras sapota	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Achras sapota L.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Achras zapota	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Achras zapota L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Achras zapota L. zapotilla Jacq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Achras zapota Linn	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Achras zapota Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Used in Yao Ethnomed. as Anticancer (Almosnid et al., 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Achraz zapeta	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Calocarpum mammosum (L.)Pierre	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lucuma mammosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Lucuma mammosa Gaertn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lucuma mammosa Gaertn.f.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Manikara zapota	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Manikara zapota (L.) P. Royen	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Manikara zapota (L.) van Royen	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
Manilkara achras	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Manilkara achras (Mill.) Fosberg.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Manilkara zapota	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Manilkara zapota (L) P. Royen	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Manilkara zapota (L.) Royen	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Manilkara zapota (L.) Van Royen	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Manilkara zapota (L.) van Royen	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Manilkara zapota (L.)P.Royen	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Manilkara zapota (Linn.) P. Van Royen.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Manilkara zapota (Linnaeus) van Royen	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Manilkara zapotilla	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Manilkara zapotilla (Jacq.)Gilly	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Manilkara zapotilla Gilly	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Sapota achras	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sapota achras Mill.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sapota zapotilla (Jacq.)Cov.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vitellaria mammosa Radlk.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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