''Chrysophyllum'' is a group of trees in the Sapotaceae described as a genus by Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus in 1753. The genus is native to the tropical Americas, from Mexico to northern Argentina, including the Caribbean. One species, ''Chrysophyllum oliviforme, C. oliviforme'', extends north to southern Florida.''Chrysophyllum'' L.
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Description

''Chrysophyllum'' members are usually tropical trees, often growing rapidly to 10–20 m or more in height. The leaf, leaves are oval, 3–15 cm long, green above, densely golden pubescent below, from which the genus is named. The flowers are small (3–8 mm), purplish white and have a sweet fragrant smell; they are clustered several together, and are hermaphroditic (self fertile). The fruit is edible; round, usually purple skinned (sometimes greenish-white), often green around the sepal, calyx, with a star pattern in the pulp; the flattened seeds are light brown and hard. The fruit skin is chewy like gum, and contrary to some reports, is edible. Flora of China, Vol. 15 Page 208 金叶树属 jin ye shu shu ''Chrysophyllum'' Linnaeus
/ref> In 1990 and 1991 T.D. Pennington adopted a wide circumscription of ''Chrysophyllum'', giving it a Pantropical distribution. Later morphological and phylogenetic studies confirmed that the genus defined by Pennington was polyphyletic, and in 2017 De Faria ''et. al.'' proposed that ''Chrysophyllum'' be more narrowly circumscribed, and some species placed in the revived genera ''Achrouteria, Cornuella, Martiusella, Nemaluma, Prieurella'', and ''Ragala (plant), Ragala''.Aparecida Donisete De Faria, José Rubens Pirani, José Eduardo Lahoz Da Silva Ribeiro, Stephan Nylinder, Mário Henrique Terra-Araujo, Pedro Paulo Vieira, Ulf Swenson, Towards a natural classification of Sapotaceae subfamily Chrysophylloideae in the Neotropics, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 185, Issue 1, September 2017, Pages 27–55,

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 37 species: Formerly included *''Achrouteria durifructa'' (as ''C. durifructum'' ) *''Achrouteria eximia'' (as ''C. eximium'' ) *''Achrouteria pomifera'' (as ''C. pomiferum'' ) *''Chloroluma gonocarpa'' (as ''C. gonocarpum'' ) *''Chloroluma viridis'' (as ''C. viride'' ) *''Cornuella venezuelanensis'' (as ''C. venezuelanense'' ) * ''Donella ambrensis'' Aubrév. (as ''C. ambrense'' (Aubrév.) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) * ''Donella analalavensis'' Aubrév. (as ''C. analalavense'' (Aubrév.) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) * ''Donella bangweolensis'' (R.E.Fr. & Pellegr.) Mackinder (as ''C. bangweolense'' R.E.Fr. & Pellegr.) * ''Donella capuronii'' (G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Mackinder & L.Gaut. (as ''C. capuronii'' G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) *''Donella delphinensis'' Aubrév. (as ''C. delphinense'' (Aubrév.) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) *''Donella fenerivensis'' Aubrév. (as ''C. fenerivense'' (Aubrév.) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) *''Donella guereliana'' (Aubrév.) Mackinder (as ''C guerelianum'' (Aubrév.) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) *''Donella masoalensis'' Aubrév. (as ''C. masoalense'' (Aubrév.) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) *''Donella perrieri'' Lecomte (as ''C. perrieri'' (Lecomte) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) *''Donella pruniformis'' (Engl.) Pierre ex Engl. (as ''C. pruniforme'' Engl.) * ''Donella viridifolia'' (J.M.Wood & Franks) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as ''C. viridifolium'' J.M.Wood & Franks) *''Donella ubangiensis'' (De Wild.) Aubrév. (as ''C. ubangiense'' (De Wild.) Govaerts) *''Englerophytum longepedicellatum'' (De Wild.) L.Gaut. (as ''C. longifolium'' De Wild.) *''Englerophytum magalismontanum'' (Sond.) T.D.Penn. (as ''C. magalismontanum'' Sond.) *''Englerophytum oblanceolatum'' (S.Moore) T.D.Penn. (as ''C. tessmannii'' Engl. & K.Krause) * ''Gambeya africana'' - (A.DC.) Pierre (as ''C. africanum'' A.DC.) * ''Gambeya albida'' (G.Don) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as ''C. albidum'' G.Don) *''Gambeya azaguieana'' (J.Miège) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as ''C. azaguieanum'' J.Miège) *''Gambeya beguei'' (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as ''C. beguei'' (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.) *''Gambeya boiviniana'' Pierre (as ''C. boivinianum'' (Pierre) Baehni) *''Gambeya boukokoensis'' Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as ''C. boukokoense'' (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) L.Gaut.) *''Gambeya gigantea'' (A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as ''C. giganteum'' A.Chev.) *''Gambeya gorungosana'' (Engl.) Liben (as ''C. gorungosanum'' Engl.) *''Gambeya lacourtiana'' (De Wild.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as ''C. lacourtianum'' De Wild.) *''Gambeya lungi'' (De Wild.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as ''C. lungi'' De Wild.) *''Gambeya muerensis'' (Engl.) Liben (as ''C. muerense'' Engl.) *''Gambeya taiensis'' (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as ''C. taiense'' Aubrév. & Pellegr.) *''Jacquinia arborea'' Vahl (as ''C. barbasco'' Loefl.) *''Martiusella imperialis'' (as ''C. imperiale'' ) *''Micropholis rugosa'' (Sw.) Pierre (as ''C. rugosum'' Sw.) *''Palaquium philippense'' (Perr.) C.B.Rob. (as ''C. philippense'' Perr.) *''Pouteria alnifolia'' (Baker) Roberty (as ''C. alnifolium'' Baker) *''Pouteria gardneri'' (Mart. & Miq.) Baehni (as ''C. gardneri'' Mart. & Miq.) *''Pouteria macrophylla'' (Lam.) Eyma (as ''C. macrophyllum'' Lam.) *''Pouteria reticulata'' (Engl.) Eyma (as ''C. reticulatum'' Engl.) *''Pradosia brevipes'' (Pierre) T.D.Penn. (as ''C. soboliferum'' Rizzini) *''Pradosia lactescens'' (Vell.) Radlk. (as ''C. burahem'' Riedel) *''Prieurella colombiana'' (as ''C. colombianum'' ) *''Prieurella cuneifolia'' (as ''C. cuneifolium'' ) *''Prieurella manaosensis'' (as ''C. manaosense'' ) *''Prieurella prieurii'' (as ''C. prieurii'' ) *''Prieurella wurdackii'' (as ''C. amazonicum'' ) *''Ragala bombycina'' (as ''C. bombycinum'' ) *''Ragala sanguinolenta'' (as ''C. sanguinolentum'' ) *''Ragala scalaris'' (as ''C. scalare'' ) *''Ragala ucuquirana-branca'' (as ''C. ucuquirana-branca'' )

References

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