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''Pouteria'' is a
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of
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tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only ...
s in the
gutta-percha Gutta-percha is a tree of the genus ''Palaquium'' in the family Sapotaceae, which is primarily used to create a high-quality latex of the same name. The material is rigid, naturally biologically Chemically inert, inert, resilient, electrically n ...
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,
Sapotaceae 240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology)">order Ericales">family (biology)">family of flowering plants belonging to th ...
. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in
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and
Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey sapote ('' P. sapota''), and the lucuma ('' P. lucuma''). Commonly, this genus is known as pouteria trees, or in some cases, eggfruits. ''Pouteria'' is related to ''
Manilkara ''Manilkara'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae. They are widespread in tropical and semitropical locations, in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, as well as various islands in the Pacific and in the Cari ...
'', another genus that produces hard and heavy woods (e.g. '' balatá'', ''M. bidentata'') used commonly for tropical construction, as well as edible
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(such as
sapodilla ''Manilkara zapota'', commonly known as sapodilla (), sapote, chicozapote, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or soapapple, among other names, is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. An example natural occurrence is ...
, ''M. zapota'').


Range

''Pouteria'', as currently delineated, has over 200 species in the tropical Americas, from Mexico to northern Argentina and central Chile, including Florida and the Caribbean islands. Four species are found outside the Americas. ''
Pouteria hexastemon ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mam ...
'' is native to
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in west-central Africa, and three species are native to
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– '' Pouteria celebica'' to
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, ''
Pouteria lucida ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the m ...
'' to Maluku, and ''
Pouteria oxyedra ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the m ...
'' to
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.


Uses

Many species, such as ''
Pouteria maclayana ''Planchonella maclayana'' is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The fruits are roundish, up to long. It ranges from Borneo through Sulawesi, Maluku, and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands ...
'', have edible fruits and are important foods, seasonally. Some are being commercially collected and sold on local markets or packed in cans. ''Pouteria'' species yield hard, heavy, resilient woods used as
firewood Firewood is any wooden material that is gathered and used for fuel. Generally, firewood is not heavily processed, and is in some sort of firelog, recognizable log or branch form, compared to other forms of wood fuel like pellet fuel, pellets. ...
and
timber Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ...
, but particularly in outdoor and naval construction, such as
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s, deckings, etc. Some species, such as abiu ('' P. caimito''), are considered to be
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resistant, but this depends on the
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content, which may vary from 0.0-0.9%. The weight by volume (at 12% moisture content) of ''Pouteria'' wood can be in excess of 1140 kg/m3 (71 lb/ft3; thus, the wood sinks in water. The wood of ''Pouteria'' species is prone to considerable movement and warping when it dries out, but in its main use, naval construction, this is not a problem, since the wood never gets really dry. The
vessel element A vessel element or vessel member (also called a xylem vessel) is one of the cell types found in xylem, the water conducting tissue of plants. Vessel elements are found in most angiosperms (flowering plants) and in some gymnosperms such as cyca ...
s are relatively small and usually di- to quadriseriate; the medullary rays are fine and close together. ''Pouteria'' woods are capable of attaining an excellent polish using fine-grained
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and possibly some wax. They can sometimes show an attractive figure of dark stripes against a sandy to mid-brown background colour. However, the wood is hardly used for furniture because it is so dense that items made from it would be difficult to transport. Moreover, it is nearly impossible to work using hand tools. Even using
power tool A power tool is a tool that is actuator, actuated by an additional engine, power source and mechanism (engineering), mechanism other than the solely manual labour, manual labor used with hand tools. The most common types of power tools use electric ...
s, working these woods presents some problems, as well, but given some patience and practical knowledge, these can easily be solved. For the silica to be effective against shipworms, it needs to dry to some degree to harden. When the wood is continually waterlogged, this process may take place very slowly or not at all, leaving the wood vulnerable. ''Pouteria'' foliage is used as food by some
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s, including those of the dalcerid moth '' Dalcera abrasa'', which has been recorded on '' P. ramiflora''. The fruits are important food for various animals, such as the rock-haunting ringtail possum (''Petropseudes dahli''). Due to
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and in some cases
overexploitation Overexploitation, also called overharvesting or ecological overshoot, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns. Continued overexploitation can lead to the destruction of the resource, as it will be unable to ...
, many species of ''Pouteria'' are
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. At least 10 are close to
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ion, and one – the Rio de Janeiro pouteria ('' P. stenophylla''), which grew near
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in
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, is now extinct.


Systematics and taxonomy

''Pouteria'' is a "
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", and its size is continually being expanded or decreased. The segregated ''Labatia'', described by
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in 1788 and named after the French botanist Jean-Baptiste Labat, was maintained as a distinct entity until the 1930s, when it was synonymized with ''Pouteria''. Most segregated genera that were merged with ''Pouteria'' again were established by
Henri Ernest Baillon Henri Ernest Baillon (; 30 November 1827 in Calais – 19 July 1895 in Paris) was a French botanist and physician. Baillon spent his academic career teaching natural history and publishing numerous works on botany. He was appointed to the Lé ...
and
Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (23 October 1833 – 30 October 1905), also known as J. B. Louis Pierre, was a French Botany, botanist known for his Asian studies. Early life Pierre was born in Saint-André, Réunion, Saint-André, Réunion, and ...
.USDA (2009) Recent phylogenetic and morphological studies found ''Pouteria'' to be
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, and many genera previously subsumed into ''Pouteria'' and/or '' Chrysophyllum'', including '' Achrouteria,
Chloroluma ''Chloroluma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae 240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology)">or ...
, Cornuella,
Englerella ''Englerella macrocarpa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Englerella''. It is a tree native to Colombia, northern Brazil, Guyana, and French Guiana. References

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Labatia ''Labatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina. Species 16 species are accepted. *'' Labatia beaurep ...
,
Lucuma ''Lucuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 19 species native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, from Mexico and Florida to southern Brazil and northern Chile. The canistel ('' L. campechiana''), and the ...
, Martiusella, Nemaluma, Peteniodendron, Prieurella'', and '' Ragala'', have been reinstated.


Accepted species

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'' currently accepts 170 species. * ''
Pouteria alvesii ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mame ...
'' Alves-Araújo – Brazil (Pernambuco and Bahia) * '' Pouteria amapaensis'' – Brazil (Amapá) * ''
Pouteria amazonica ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the m ...
'' – Brazil (Amazonas) * '' Pouteria ambelaniifolia'' – Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria amygdalicarpa'' – Nicaragua to Venezuela and Ecuador * '' Pouteria amygdalina'' – southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Costa Rica * ''
Pouteria andarahiensis ''Pouteria andarahiensis'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no lo ...
'' – Brazil (Bahia) * '' Pouteria anteridata'' – Venezuela * '' Pouteria arcuata'' – southeastern Colombia and Venezuela (Amazonas) * '' Pouteria areolatifolia'' – Guatemala (Petén) * '' Pouteria aristata'' – Cuba * '' Pouteria atabapoensis'' – Venezuela (Amazonas) and Brazil (Amazonas) * '' Pouteria atlantica'' – Brazil (southeastern Bahia) * '' Pouteria aubrevillei'' – northern Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia, and Peru * ''
Pouteria aurea ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mam ...
'' – Ecuador * '' Pouteria austin-smithii'' – Costa Rica and Panama * ''
Pouteria baehniana ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees in the gutta-percha family (biology), family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ...
'' – Venezuela to Bolivia * '' Pouteria bangii'' – northern South America * '' Pouteria bapeba'' – Brazil (southeastern Bahia to northern Espírito Santo) * '' Pouteria belizensis'' – Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas) to Nicaragua * '' Pouteria benai'' – French Guiana * '' Pouteria bilocularis'' – northern South America * '' Pouteria bonneriana'' – Peru (Loreto) * '' Pouteria bracteata'' – Nicaragua to western Ecuador * '' Pouteria brevensis'' – Brazil (Pará) * '' Pouteria brevipetiolata'' – Ecuador * '' Pouteria briocheoides'' – Mexico (Chiapas) and Guatemala * '' Pouteria buenaventurensis'' – Panama to Ecuador * '' Pouteria bullata'' – Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Paraná) * '' Pouteria butyrocarpa'' – Brazil (southeastern Bahia to Espírito Santo) * ''
Pouteria caimito ''Pouteria caimito'', the abiu (), is a tropical fruit tree in the family ''Sapotaceae''. It grows in the Amazon Basin, Amazonian region of South America, and this type of fruit can also be found in the Philippines and other countries in Southea ...
'' – abiu – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, northern South America, and Trinidad and Tobago * '' Pouteria calistophylla'' – Costa Rica and Panama * ''
Pouteria campanulata ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mam ...
'' – Brazil (Amazonas and Pará) * '' Pouteria canaimaensis'' – Venezuela (Bolívar) * '' Pouteria cayennensis'' – southeastern Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria celebica'' Erlee – Sulawesi * '' Pouteria chiricana'' – Costa Rica and Panama * '' Pouteria chocoensis'' – western Colombia * '' Pouteria cicatricata'' – Brazil (Amazonas and Rondônia) * '' Pouteria cinnamomea'' – Peru (Cusco) * '' Pouteria citriodora'' – Brazil (Bahia) * ''
Pouteria cladantha ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees in the gutta-percha family (biology), family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ...
'' – tropical South America * '' Pouteria coelomatica'' – Brazil (southeastern Bahia to Rio de Janeiro) * '' Pouteria collina'' – Colombia and northern Ecuador * ''
Pouteria condorensis ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey ...
'' – Ecuador * '' Pouteria cordiformis'' – Ecuador * ''
Pouteria coriacea ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey s ...
'' – Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas, and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria crassiflora'' – Venezuela (Amazonas) and Brazil (Amapá and Pará) * '' Pouteria cubensis'' – Cuba (Sierra Maestra) * '' Pouteria cuspidata'' – Costa Rica to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil * '' Pouteria decorticans'' – northwestern Venezuela, northern Brazil, and French Guiana * '' Pouteria decussata'' – Brazil (Pará) * '' Pouteria deliciosa'' – French Guiana, Colombia, and Peru * '' Pouteria dictyoneura'' * ''
Pouteria egregia ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the m ...
'' – Colombia and northeastern Brazil * '' Pouteria elegans'' – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, northern Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia * '' Pouteria engleri'' – Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria ephedrantha'' – southeast Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil (Acre) * ''
Pouteria ericoides ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mame ...
'' – Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus) * '' Pouteria erythrochrysa'' – Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus) * '' Pouteria espinae'' – Colombia * '' Pouteria eugeniifolia'' – Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria euryphylla'' – Panama * ''
Pouteria exfoliata ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mame ...
'' – Costa Rica and Panama * '' Pouteria exstaminodia'' – Brazil (Amazonas) * '' Pouteria filiformis'' – Costa Rica * '' Pouteria fossicola'' – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama * '' Pouteria foveolata'' – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama * '' Pouteria fragrans'' – Paraguay and northeastern Argentina * '' Pouteria franciscana'' – northern and northeastern Bolivia, northern Brazil, and northeastern Brazil (southeastern Bahia) * ''
Pouteria freitasii ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey ...
'' – Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus) * '' Pouteria fulva'' – Brazil (Amazonas) * '' Pouteria furcata'' – northeastern Brazil (Maranhão and Piauí) * '' Pouteria gabrielensis'' – southeastern Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria gallifructa'' – Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and Costa Rica; northeastern Brazil * '' Pouteria gardneri'' – Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay * '' Pouteria gigantea'' – Ecuador * '' Pouteria glauca'' – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, northern and northeastern Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname * '' Pouteria glomerata'' – Mexico to northeastern Argentina :* ''Pouteria glomerata'' subsp. ''stylosa'' – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil * ''
Pouteria gomphiifolia ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mame ...
'' – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Brazil * ''
Pouteria gongrijpii ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mam ...
'' – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, northern and northeastern Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname * '' Pouteria gracilis'' – Peru (San Martín) * '' Pouteria guianensis'' Aubl. – Panama, northern South America, and Trinidad * ''
Pouteria hexastemon ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mam ...
'' Baehni – Cameroon * '' Pouteria hotteana'' – Haiti and Puerto Rico * '' Pouteria izabalensis'' – Mexico (Chiapas) to Costa Rica * '' Pouteria juruana'' – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria kaieteurensis'' – Guyana ( Kaieteur Plateau) * '' Pouteria krukovii'' – Colombia, Brazil (Acre), and Peru (Loreto) * '' Pouteria latianthera'' – Venezuela (Amazonas) and Brazil (Amapá) * '' Pouteria leptopedicellata'' – Costa Rica to Ecuador * '' Pouteria longifolia'' – Peru (San Martín) and Bolivia (La Paz) * '' Pouteria lucens'' – Brazil (Amazonas) * ''
Pouteria lucida ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the m ...
'' (H.J.Lam) Baehni – Maluku * '' Pouteria lucumifolia'' – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Ecuador, Peru * '' Pouteria macahensis'' – northeastern and eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro) * '' Pouteria macrocarpa'' – Colombia, northern Brazil, and southeastern Brazil * '' Pouteria macrophylla'' – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, northern, central, and eastern Brazil, Suriname and French Guiana * '' Pouteria maguirei'' – southeast Colombia, Venezuela (Amazonas), and northwestern Brazil * ''
Pouteria mattogrossensis ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey ...
'' – Brazil (Mato Grosso) * ''
Pouteria megaphylla ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the m ...
'' – Ecuador * '' Pouteria melanopoda'' – Suriname and French Guiana * '' Pouteria micrantha'' – eastern Cuba (Lomas de Cuaba and Sierra de Nipe) * '' Pouteria microstrigosa'' – eastern Brazil (southeastern Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais) * '' Pouteria minima'' – Venezuela (Bolívar) and Brazil (northwestern Amazonas) * '' Pouteria mongaguensis'' – Brazil (São Paulo) * '' Pouteria nemorosa'' – eastern Bolivia * '' Pouteria nudipetala'' – southeastern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria oblanceolata'' – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, French Guiana, and northern and northeastern Brazil * ''
Pouteria obscura ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the m ...
'' – Brazil (Pará) * ''
Pouteria opposita ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mame ...
'' – Peru and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria orinocoensis'' – central and southern Venezuela * ''
Pouteria oxyedra ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the m ...
'' (Miq.) Baehni – Sumatra * '' Pouteria pachyphylla'' – northern Brazil (Amazonas and Rondônia) * '' Pouteria pallida'' – Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago * '' Pouteria penicillata'' – Guyan * ''
Pouteria pentamera ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey s ...
'' – Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus) * '' Pouteria peruviensis'' – Peru (Loreto) * '' Pouteria pimichinensis'' – Colombia (Guainía) and Venezuela (southeastern Amazonas) * '' Pouteria pisquiensis'' – Peru (Ucayali) * '' Pouteria platyphylla'' – northern and west-central Brazil (Amazonas and Mato Grosso), Ecuador, and Peru (Loreto) * ''
Pouteria plicata ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey ...
'' – Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, and northern, northeastern, and west-central Brazil * '' Pouteria polycarpa'' – Bolivia * '' Pouteria polysepala'' – Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Brazil * ''
Pouteria procera ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the m ...
'' – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, and northern and eastern Brazil * '' Pouteria puberula'' – Venezuela (Miranda) * '' Pouteria pubescens'' – southeastern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Brazil * ''
Pouteria pullei ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey ...
'' – Suriname * '' Pouteria putamen-ovi'' – southern Colombia, northern Peru, and northern Brazil * ''
Pouteria quicheana ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees in the gutta-percha family (biology), family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ...
'' – Guatemala * ''
Pouteria ramiflora ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the m ...
'' (Mart.) Radlk. – Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay * ''
Pouteria resinosa ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mam ...
'' – northern Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus) * '' Pouteria reticulata'' – southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America * '' Pouteria retinervis'' – southeastern Colombia, northern Brazil, and French Guiana * '' Pouteria rhynchocarpa'' – southern Mexico (Veracruz and Oacaca) * '' Pouteria rigida'' – southern Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria rigidopsis'' – northern and northeastern Venezuela * '' Pouteria rostrata'' – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern and west-central Brazil * '' Pouteria rufotomentosa'' – Mexico (Oaxaca) and Guatemala * '' Pouteria sagotiana'' – Guianas and northern Brazil (Amapá) * ''
Pouteria samborae ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey ...
'' – Brazil (Espírito Santo) * ''
Pouteria sambuensis ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mame ...
'' – Panama * ''
Pouteria sapota ''Pouteria sapota'', the mamey sapote, is a species of tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. It is now cultivated throughout Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as Florida and parts of South America. Its fruit ...
'' – mamey sapote – Mexico and Central America * ''
Pouteria scabritesta ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey s ...
'' – Ecuador * '' Pouteria sclerocarpa'' – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru * '' Pouteria scrobiculata'' – Colombia (Caquetá), Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria semecarpifolia'' – Leeward Islands and Windward Islands * '' Pouteria sessilis'' – Peru (Loreto) * '' Pouteria silvestris'' – Costa Rica (Heredia), Colombia (Chocó), and Ecuador * ''
Pouteria simulans ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey ...
'' – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru * '' Pouteria singularis'' – Venezuela, northern Brazil, and French Guiana * '' Pouteria sipapoensis'' – Venezuela (Amazonas) * ''
Pouteria spicata ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey ...
'' – Costa Rica * '' Pouteria squamosa'' – southern Mexico (southern Veracruz and Oaxaca) and Guatemala * ''
Pouteria stipitata ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey s ...
'' – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil (Rondônia) * '' Pouteria stylifera'' – northern Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus) * ''
Pouteria subrotata ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey s ...
'' – Nicaragua to Venezuela and Peru * '' Pouteria subsessilifolia'' – northeastern Brazil (Bahia) * '' Pouteria surumuensis'' – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, northern Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia * ''
Pouteria synsepala ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees in the gutta-percha family (biology), family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ...
'' – northeastern Brazil (Bahia) * '' Pouteria tarapotensis'' – Peru and western Bolivia * '' Pouteria tarumanensis'' – northern Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus) * '' Pouteria tenuisepala'' – French Guiana and northern Brazil (Amapá and Pará) * '' Pouteria torta'' (Mart.) Radlk. – Abiurana – southern Mexico to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil :* subsp. ''tuberculata'' – Red Abiorana – southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, northern Brazil, and French Guiana * ''
Pouteria trifida ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the m ...
'' – northeastern Brazil (southeastern Bahia) * '' Pouteria trilocularis'' – Costa Rica and Colombia, Venezuela, northern and west-central Brazil, Ecuador, and Bolivia * '' Pouteria triplarifolia'' – Costa Rica (Puntarenas) * '' Pouteria tuberculata'' – southern Mexico to Peru and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria ucuqui'' – southeastern Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil * '' Pouteria undulatifolia'' – west-central Brazil * ''
Pouteria validinervis ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mame ...
'' – Ecuador * '' Pouteria velutinicarpa'' – Brazil (southeastern Bahia) * '' Pouteria vernicosa'' – southeastern Colombia, northern Brazil (Amazonas), and Peru (Huánuco) * ''
Pouteria viridis ''Pouteria viridis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae known by the common name green sapote. Other common names include red faisan, white faisan (Belize), ''zapote blanco'', ''zapote rojo'', ''zapote de castilla'', ''zapo ...
'' (Pittier) Cronquist – southern Mexico (Veracruz and Chiapas) to Costa Rica


Formerly placed here

* '' Aningeria adolfi-friederici'' (as ''P. adolfi-friederici'') * '' Aningeria altissima'' (as ''P. altissima'') * '' Aningeria pseudoracemosa'' (as ''P. pseudoracemosa'') * '' Chromolucuma congestifolia'' (as ''P. congestifolia'') * '' Chromolucuma flavilatex'' (as ''P. flavilatex'' ) * ''
Chromolucuma stipulifera ''Chromolucuma'' is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described in 1925. The genus is native to Central America, Central and South America.Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 52: 1–771. Species Nine specie ...
'' (as ''P. stipulifera'' ) * '' Chromolucuma williamii'' (as ''P. williamii'' ) * ''
Englerella macrocarpa ''Englerella macrocarpa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Englerella''. It is a tree native to Colombia, northern Brazil, Guyana, and French Guiana. References

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'' (as ''P. speciosa'' ) * '' Englerophytum magalismontanum'' (as ''P. magalismontana'') *'' Gayella valparadisaea'' (as ''P. splendens'' ) * '' Labatia beaurepairei'' (as ''P. beaurepairei'' ) * '' Labatia ciliata'' (as ''P. ciliata'' ) * ''
Labatia confusa ''Labatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina. Species 16 species are accepted. *'' Labatia beaurep ...
'' (as ''P. confusa'' ) * ''
Labatia filipes ''Labatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina. Species 16 species are accepted. *'' Labatia beaurep ...
'' (as ''P. filipes'' ) * ''
Labatia fimbriata ''Labatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina. Species 16 species are accepted. *'' Labatia beaurep ...
'' (as ''P. fimbriata'' ) * ''
Labatia gardneriana ''Labatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina. Species 16 species are accepted. *'' Labatia beaurep ...
'' (as ''P. gardneriana'' ) * ''
Labatia lecythidicarpa ''Labatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina. Species 16 species are accepted. *'' Labatia beaurep ...
'' (as ''P. lecythidicarpa'' ) * ''
Labatia nordestinensis ''Labatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina. Species 16 species are accepted. *'' Labatia beaurep ...
'' (as ''P. nordestinensis'' ) * ''
Labatia pariry ''Labatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina. Species 16 species are accepted. *'' Labatia beaurep ...
'' (as ''P. pariry'' ) * ''
Labatia petiolata ''Labatia petiolata'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Colombia ( Caquetá), Brazil (Amazonas and Pará states), and central Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked coun ...
'' (as ''P. petiolata'' ) * ''
Labatia psammophila ''Labatia psammophila'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is a shrub or tree which grows up to 23 meters tall. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest eastern Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Bra ...
'' (as ''P. psammophila'' ) * ''
Labatia salicifolia ''Labatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina. Species 16 species are accepted. *'' Labatia beaurep ...
'' (as ''P. salicifolia'' ) * ''
Labatia sessiliflora ''Labatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina. Species 16 species are accepted. *'' Labatia beaurep ...
'' (as ''P. sessiliflora'' ) * ''
Labatia subcaerulea ''Labatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina. Species 16 species are accepted. *''Labatia beaurepa ...
'' (as ''P. subcaerulea'' ) * '' Lucuma arguacoensium'' (as ''P. arguacoensium'' ) * '' Lucuma bifera'' (as ''P. lucuma'' ) * '' Lucuma brachyandra'' (as ''P. brachyandra'' ) * '' Lucuma campechiana'' (as ''P. campechiana'' ) – canistel, yellow sapote * ''
Lucuma capacifolia ''Lucuma capacifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is a tree Endemism, endemic to northwestern Ecuador, where it is known as ''mamey''. It is native to the provinces of Esmeraldas Province, Esmeraldas, Manabí Pro ...
'' (as ''P. capacifolia'' ) * '' Lucuma dominigensis'' (as ''P. dominigensis'' ) * '' Lucuma grandiflora'' (as ''P. grandiflora'' ) * '' Lucuma grandis'' (as ''P. grandis'' ) * '' Lucuma kossmanniae'' (as ''P. kossmanniae'' ) * '' Lucuma manaosensis'' (as ''P. manaosensis'' ) * ''
Lucuma multiflora ''Lucuma multiflora'' is a plant in the family Sapotaceae of the order Ericales. Its English common name is bullytree. Its Spanish common names include jácana, ácana, acana, hacana, or jacana. It is native to North and South America.
'' (as ''P. multiflora'' ) * ''
Lucuma oxypetala ''Lucuma oxypetala'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to eastern Brazil, ranging from southeastern Bahia state to eastern São Paulo state. It is threatened by habitat loss. References

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'' (as ''P. oxypetala'' ) * ''
Lucuma pachycalyx ''Lucuma pachycalyx'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is a tree endemic to Brazil. Its common name is Cutite de Restinga or Manteiguinha. It is native to lowland rainforest Rainforests are forests characterized by a clo ...
'' (as ''P. pachycalyx'' ) * '' Lucuma rodriguesiana'' (as ''P. rodriguesiana'' ) * ''
Lucuma stenophylla ''Lucuma stenophylla'' was a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is a tree Endemism, endemic to southeastern Brazil, where it grows in restinga (coastal moist forests growing on sand) in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Espír ...
'' (as ''P. stenophylla'' ) * '' Lucuma trigonosperma'' (as ''P. trigonosperma'' ) * '' Lucuma venosa'' (as ''P. venosa'' ) * ''
Micropholis laevigata ''Micropholis'' is genus of trees in the family (biology), family ''Sapotaceae'', described in 1891. (2001): World Checklist of Sapotaceae &ndash''Micropholis'' The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2008-DEC-24. The ...
'' (as ''P. laevigata'' ) * '' Micropholis maxima'' (as ''P. maxima'' ) * ''
Micropholis oppositifolia ''Micropholis oppositifolia'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is a tree endemic to the states of Pará and Amapá in northern Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South Am ...
'' (as ''P. oppositifolia'' ) * ''
Nemaluma anomala ''Nemaluma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae 240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology)">orde ...
'' (as ''P. anomala'' ) * '' Peteniodendron durlandii'' (as ''P. durlandii'' ) * '' Peteniodendron jariense'' (as ''P. jariensis'' ) * '' Peteniodendron pallens'' (as ''P. pallens'' ) * '' Peteniodendron virescens'' (as ''P. virescens'' ) * '' Pichonia daenikeri'' (as ''P. daenikeri'') * '' Planchonella australis'' (as ''P. australis'') * '' Planchonella contermina'' (as ''P. contermina'') * '' Planchonella costata'' (as ''P. costata'') * '' Planchonella eerwah'' (as ''P. eerwah'') * '' Planchonella kaalaensis'' (as ''P. kaalaensis'') * '' Planchonella myrsinoides'' (as ''P. myrsinoides'') * ''Planchonella myrsinifolia'' subsp. ''howeana'' (as ''P. howeana'') * '' Planchonella maclayana'' (as ''P. maclayana'') * '' Planchonella malaccensis'' (as ''P. malaccensis'') * '' Planchonella obovata'' (as ''P. obovata'') * ''
Planchonella sandwicensis ''Planchonella sandwicensis'' is a species of flowering tree in the sapodilla family, Sapotaceae, that is endemic to the main islands of Hawaii. Names for this species in the Hawaiian language include ''Ālaa'', ''Āulu'' and ''Ēlaa''. Descrip ...
'' (as ''P. sandwicensis'') * '' Pleioluma balansana'' (as ''P. brevipedicellata'') * '' Synsepalum dulcificum'' (as ''P. dulcifica'') – miracle fruit


Synonyms

Due to the uncertainty regarding its actual content, the number of
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s of ''Pouteria'' is massive. ''
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'' currently treats the following genera as synonyms.''Pouteria'' Aubl.
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* ''Barylucuma'' Ducke (1925) * ''Caleatia'' Mart. ex Steud. (1841), pro syn. * ''Caramuri'' Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1961) * ''Chaetocarpus'' Schreb. (1789), nom. rej. * ''Discoluma'' Baill. (1891) * ''Eremoluma'' Baill. (1891) * ''Franchetella'' Pierre (1890) * ''Gomphiluma'' Baill. (1891) * ''Guapeba'' Gomes (1812) * ''Guapebeira'' Gomes (1803) * ''Ichthyophora'' Baehni (1964) * ''Krugella'' Pierre (1891) * ''Leioluma'' Baill. (1891) * ''Microluma'' Baill. (1891) * ''Myrtiluma'' Baill. (1891) * ''Neoxythece'' Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1961) * ''Oxythece'' Miq. (1863), nom. illeg. * ''Paralabatia'' Pierre (1890) * ''Piresodendron'' Aubrév. ex Le Thomas (1983) * ''Podoluma'' Baill. (1891) * ''Prozetia'' Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr. * ''Pseudocladia'' Pierre (1891) * ''Pseudolabatia'' Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1962) * ''Pseudoxythece'' Aubrév. (1972) * ''Sandwithiodoxa'' Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1962) * ''Urbanella'' Pierre (1890) The following genera are sometimes included in ''Pouteria''. Their current treatment by ''
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'' is included here. * ''Achradelpha'' O.F.Cook – synonym of ''
Manilkara ''Manilkara'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae. They are widespread in tropical and semitropical locations, in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, as well as various islands in the Pacific and in the Cari ...
'' * ''Albertisiella'' Pierre ex Aubrév. – synonym of ''
Planchonella ''Planchonella'' is a genus of Flowering plant, flowering trees in the gutta-percha family (biology), family, Sapotaceae. Named in honour of Jules Émile Planchon, it was described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre. It contains around 110 mainly trop ...
'' * '' Aningeria'' Aubrév. & Pellegr. – accepted genus * ''Beauvisagea'' Pierre – synonym of ''Planchonella'' * ''Beccariella'' Pierre – synonym of '' Pleioluma''''Beccariella'' Pierre
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* ''Beccarimnia'' Pierre ex Koord. * ''Blabeia'' Baehni – synonym of ''Planchonella'' * ''Boerlagella'' Cogn. - synonym of ''Planchonella'' * ''Bureavella'' Pierre – synonym of ''Planchonella'' * ''Calocarpum'' Pierre – synonym of ''Manilkara'' * ''Calospermum'' Pierre – synonym of ''Manilkara'' * ''Eglerodendron'' Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1962) – synonym of ''Labatia'' * ''
Englerella ''Englerella macrocarpa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Englerella''. It is a tree native to Colombia, northern Brazil, Guyana, and French Guiana. References

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'' Pierre (1891) – accepted genus * ''Fontbrunea'' Pierre – synonym of ''Planchonella'' * ''
Gayella ''Gayella valparadisaea'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Gayella''. It is a tree Endemism, endemic to the coastal areas of central Chile. Due to the current rates of habitat loss, this species is ...
'' Pierre (1890) – accepted genus * ''Hormogyne'' A.DC. – synonym of ''Planchonella'' * ''Iteiluma'' Baill. – synonym of ''Planchonella'' * ''Krausella'' H.J.Lam – synonym of ''Planchonella'' * ''
Labatia ''Labatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina. Species 16 species are accepted. *'' Labatia beaurep ...
'' Sw. (1788), nom. cons. – accepted genus * ''
Lucuma ''Lucuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 19 species native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, from Mexico and Florida to southern Brazil and northern Chile. The canistel ('' L. campechiana''), and the ...
'' Molina (1782) – accepted genus * '' Malacantha'' Pierre – accepted genus * '' Nemaluma'' Baill. (1891) – accepted genus * ''Neolabatia'' Aubrév. (1972), nom. illeg. – synonym of ''Labatia'' * '' Peteniodendron'' Lundell (1976) – accepted genus * ''Peuceluma'' Baill. – synonym of ''Planchonella'' * ''
Planchonella ''Planchonella'' is a genus of Flowering plant, flowering trees in the gutta-percha family (biology), family, Sapotaceae. Named in honour of Jules Émile Planchon, it was described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre. It contains around 110 mainly trop ...
'' Pierre - accepted genus * '' Pleioluma'' (Baill.) Baehni – accepted genus * ''Poissonella'' Pierre – synonym of ''Planchonella'' * ''Pyriluma'' (Baill.) Aubrév. – synonym of ''Planchonella'' * ''Radlkoferella'' Pierre (1890) – synonym of ''Lucuma'' * ''Richardella'' Pierre (1890) – synonym of ''Lucuma'' * '' Sersalisia'' R.Br. - accepted genus * ''Siderocarpus'' Pierre – synonym of ''Planchonella'' * ''Syzygiopsis'' Ducke (1925) – synonym of ''Micropholis'' * '' Van-royena'' Aubrév. – accepted genus * ''Woikoia'' Baehni * ''Wokoia'' Baehni – synonym of ''
Pichonia ''Pichonia'' is a group of trees in the Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1890. Species are hermaphroditic trees growing to 30 metres tall. Leaves are opposite or subopposite and clustered at the ends of branches. Flowers are cup-shaped or camp ...
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Footnotes


References

* (1996):
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