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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Sapotaceae
| image = Pouteria sapota - marmalade tree - desc-leaf cluster - from-DC1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Pouteria sapota''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = '''Sapotaceae'''
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''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]].
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.
Trees of the genus ''[[Palaquium]]'' ([[Gutta-percha]]) produce an important [[latex]] with a wide variety of uses.
The seeds of the tree ''[[Argan|Argania spinosa]]'' (L.) Skeels produce an edible [[Argan oil|oil]], traditionally harvested in [[Morocco]].
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'').
;Genera
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''[[Argan]]ia''
*''[[Aubregrinia]]''
*''[[Aulandra]]''
*''[[Autranella]]''
*''[[Baillonella]]''
*''[[Breviea]]''
*''[[Burckella]]''
*''[[Capurodendron]]''
*''[[Chromolucuma]]''
*''[[Chrysophyllum]]''
*''[[Delpydora]]''
*''[[Diploknema]]''
*''[[Diploon]]''
*''[[Eberhardtia]]''
*''[[Ecclinusa]]''
*''[[Elaeoluma]]''
*''[[Englerophytum]]''
*''[[Faucherea]]''
|
*''[[Gluema]]''
*''[[Inhambanella]]''
*''[[Isonandra]]''
*''[[Labourdonnaisia]]''
*''[[Labramia]]''
*''[[Lecomtedoxa]]''
*''[[Leptostylis]]''
*''[[Letestua]]''
*''[[Madhuca]]''
*''[[Manilkara]]''
*''[[Mastichodendron]]''
*''[[Micropholis]]''
*''[[Neohemsleya]]''
*''[[Neolemonniera]]''
*''[[Nesoluma]]''
*''[[Niemeyera]]''
*''[[Northia]]''
*''[[Omphalocarpum]]''
|
*''[[Palaquium]]''
*''[[Payena]]''
*''[[Pichonia]]''
*''[[Planchonella]]'' - sometimes included in ''Pouteria''
*''[[Pouteria]]''
*''[[Pradosia]]''
*''[[Pycnandra]]''
*''[[Sarcaulus]]''
*''[[Sarcosperma]]''
*''[[Sideroxylon]]''
*''[[Synsepalum]]''
*''[[Tieghemella]]''
*''[[Tridesmostemon]]''
*''[[Tsebona]]''
*''[[Vitellaria]]'' (syn. ''Butyrospermum'')
*''[[Vitellariopsis]]''
*''[[Xantolis]]''
|}
{{commonscat|Sapotaceae}}
[[Category:Ericales]]
[[Category:Sapotaceae|*]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Sapotaceae
| image = Pouteria sapota - marmalade tree - desc-leaf cluster - from-DC1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Pouteria sapota''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = '''Sapotaceae'''
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''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]].
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.
Trees of the genus ''[[Palaquium]]'' ([[Gutta-percha]]) produce an important [[latex]] with a wide variety of uses.
The seeds of the tree ''[[Argan|Argania spinosa]]'' (L.) Skeels produce an edible [[Argan oil|oil]], traditionally harvested in [[Morocco]].
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'').
;Genera
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''[[Argan]]ia''
*''[[Aubregrinia]]''
*''[[Aulandra]]''
*''[[Autranella]]''
*''[[Baillonella]]''
*''[[Breviea]]''
*''[[Burckella]]''
*''[[Capurodendron]]''
*''[[Chromolucuma]]''
*''[[Chrysophyllum]]''
*''[[Delpydora]]''
*''[[Diploknema]]''
*''[[Diploon]]''
*''[[Eberhardtia]]''
*''[[Ecclinusa]]''
*''[[Elaeoluma]]''
*''[[Englerophytum]]''
*''[[Faucherea]]''
|
*''[[Gluema]]''
*''[[Inhambanella]]''
*''[[Isonandra]]''
*''[[Labourdonnaisia]]''
*''[[Labramia]]''
*''[[Lecomtedoxa]]''
*''[[Leptostylis]]''
*''[[Letestua]]''
*''[[Madhuca]]''
*''[[Manilkara]]''
*''[[Mastichodendron]]''
*''[[Micropholis]]''
*''[[Neohemsleya]]''
*''[[Neolemonniera]]''
*''[[Nesoluma]]''
*''[[Niemeyera]]''
*''[[Northia]]''
*''[[Omphalocarpum]]''
|
*''[[Palaquium]]''
*''[[Payena]]''
*''[[Pichonia]]''
*''[[Planchonella]]'' - sometimes included in ''Pouteria''
*''[[Pouteria]]''
*''[[Pradosia]]''
*''[[Pycnandra]]''
*''[[Sarcaulus]]''
*''[[Sarcosperma]]''
*''[[Sideroxylon]]''
*''[[Synsepalum]]''
*''[[Tieghemella]]''
*''[[Tridesmostemon]]''
*''[[Tsebona]]''
*''[[Vitellaria]]'' (syn. ''Butyrospermum'')
*''[[Vitellariopsis]]''
*''[[Xantolis]]''
|}
{{commonscat|Sapotaceae}}
[[Category:Ericales]]
[[Category:Sapotaceae|*]]
