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Sapotaceae (from the old generic name Sapota, derived from a native name of Achras Sapota). Sapodilla Family. Fig. 48. Trees or shrubs; juice milky: leaves alternate, entire, coriaceous: flowers usually bisexual, axillary, regular; calyx mostly of separate sepals in two whorls of 2, 3, or 4, or in one whorl of 5; corolla gamopetalous; lobes as many as the sepals, or twice as many, in one or two series, imbricated, sometimes with appendages which simulate extra corolla-lobes; stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla and opposite them, sometimes with intermediate staminodia, or twice as many, epipetalous; ovary superior, 4- to many-celled; ovules 1 in each cell, basal; style and stigma 1: fruit a berry.
  
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'''Sapotaceae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plant]]s, belonging to [[order (biology)|order]] [[Ericales]]. The family includes approximately 800 [[species]] of [[evergreen]] trees and shrubs in approximately 65 genera (35-75, depending on generic definition). Distribution is [[Tropics|pantropical]].
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There are 31 genera and about 400 species, of tropical distribution, rarely reaching the warm temperate zone. One species extends to Virginia and two to Illinois. This is a distinct family, distantly related to the Myrsinaceae, Ebenaceae, and Styracaceae.
  
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Many species produce edible fruits, and/or have other economic uses. Species noted for their edible fruits include ''[[Manilkara zapota]]'' ([[Sapodilla]], [[Sapota]]), ''[[Manilkara chicle]]'' ([[Chicle]]), ''[[Chrysophyllum cainito]]'' ([[Chrysophyllum cainito|Star-apple]] or [[Golden Leaf Tree]]), ''[[Pouteria]]'' ([[Abiu]], [[Canistel]], [[Mamey sapote]]), ''[[Shea|Vitellaria paradoxa]]'' (Shea) and ''[[Sideroxylon australe]]'' ([[Australian native plum]]). Shea (''shi'' in several Manding languages of West Africa; ''karité'' in French) 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.  
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The fruits of Lucuma mammosa (marmalade plum), and Achras Sapota (sapodilla), are very agreeable. Fruits of Illipe and Mimusops, both Asiatic, are edible. The oil from the seeds of the oriental Illipe butyracea and of other species is galam butter, and shea butter. It is used for food and soap. The wood of many species is very hard and valuable—so-called ironwoods. Several species of Palaquium of the East Indies yield gutta percha, as do other species of the family. Gum chicle is obtained from Achras Sapota. Star-Apple is Chrysophyllum Cainito. West Indian medlar is Mimusops Elengi.
  
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Trees of the genus ''[[Palaquium]]'' ([[Gutta-percha]]) produce an important [[latex]] with a wide variety of uses.
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Six to 10 genera are in cultivation in North America, mostly in the warmer parts: Mimusops, Lucuma (Marmalade Plum) and Sideroxylon are grown in southern California and Florida; Dichopsis or Palaquium (wrongly called Isonandra), the commercial gutta percha tree, is cultivated in the South. Bumelia and Chrysophyllum are ornamental, the former hardy to Massachusetts.{{SCH}}
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The seeds of the tree ''[[Argan|Argania spinosa]]'' (L.) Skeels produce an edible [[Argan oil|oil]], traditionally harvested in [[Morocco]].
 
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The family name is derived from ''Zapotl'', a Mexican vernacular name latinised by Linnaeus to ''Sapota'', a name now treated as a synonym of ''[[Manilkara]]'' (also formerly known by the invalid name ''Achras'').  
 
  
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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Pouteria sapota


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Read about Sapotaceae in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sapotaceae (from the old generic name Sapota, derived from a native name of Achras Sapota). Sapodilla Family. Fig. 48. Trees or shrubs; juice milky: leaves alternate, entire, coriaceous: flowers usually bisexual, axillary, regular; calyx mostly of separate sepals in two whorls of 2, 3, or 4, or in one whorl of 5; corolla gamopetalous; lobes as many as the sepals, or twice as many, in one or two series, imbricated, sometimes with appendages which simulate extra corolla-lobes; stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla and opposite them, sometimes with intermediate staminodia, or twice as many, epipetalous; ovary superior, 4- to many-celled; ovules 1 in each cell, basal; style and stigma 1: fruit a berry.

There are 31 genera and about 400 species, of tropical distribution, rarely reaching the warm temperate zone. One species extends to Virginia and two to Illinois. This is a distinct family, distantly related to the Myrsinaceae, Ebenaceae, and Styracaceae.

The fruits of Lucuma mammosa (marmalade plum), and Achras Sapota (sapodilla), are very agreeable. Fruits of Illipe and Mimusops, both Asiatic, are edible. The oil from the seeds of the oriental Illipe butyracea and of other species is galam butter, and shea butter. It is used for food and soap. The wood of many species is very hard and valuable—so-called ironwoods. Several species of Palaquium of the East Indies yield gutta percha, as do other species of the family. Gum chicle is obtained from Achras Sapota. Star-Apple is Chrysophyllum Cainito. West Indian medlar is Mimusops Elengi.

Six to 10 genera are in cultivation in North America, mostly in the warmer parts: Mimusops, Lucuma (Marmalade Plum) and Sideroxylon are grown in southern California and Florida; Dichopsis or Palaquium (wrongly called Isonandra), the commercial gutta percha tree, is cultivated in the South. Bumelia and Chrysophyllum are ornamental, the former hardy to Massachusetts.CH


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