Habit: Tree
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Achradelpha mammosa (L.) O.F.Cook |
| synonym | Achras breviloba (Gilly) Lundell |
| synonym | Achras calderonii (Gilly) Lundell |
| synonym | Achras conzattii (Gilly) Lundell |
| synonym | Achras coriacea Lundell |
| synonym | Achras dactylina Lundell |
| synonym | Achras gaumeri (Gilly) Lundell |
| synonym | Achras latiloba Lundell |
| synonym | Achras lobulata (Lundell) Lundell |
| synonym | Achras lucuma Blanco |
| synonym | Achras mammosa L., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Achras meridionalis (Gilly) Lundell |
| synonym | Achras occidentalis Cels ex Ten. |
| synonym | Achras paludosa Lundell |
| synonym | Achras petenensis (Lundell) Lundell |
| synonym | Achras rojasii (Gilly) Lundell |
| synonym | Achras sapatilla J.Paul & W.Arnold |
| synonym | Achras sapota f. asperma M.Gómez |
| synonym | Achras sapota L., orth. var. |
| synonym | Achras sapota var. candollei Pierre |
| synonym | Achras sapota var. globosa Stokes |
| synonym | Achras sapota var. lobata (A.DC.) Pierre |
| synonym | Achras sapota var. ovalis Stokes |
| synonym | Achras sapota var. pedicellaris Pierre |
| synonym | Achras sapota var. sphaerica (A.DC.) Pierre |
| synonym | Achras sapota var. typica Stehlé, nom. inval. |
| synonym | Achras striata (Gilly) Lundell |
| synonym | Achras tabogaensis (Gilly) Lundell |
| synonym | Achras tainteriana Lundell |
| synonym | Achras tchicomame Perr. |
| synonym | Achras verrucosa Stokes |
| synonym | Achras zapota L. |
| synonym | Achras zapota var. major Jacq. |
| synonym | Achras zapota var. zapotilla Jacq. |
| synonym | Achras zapotilla (Jacq.) Nutt. |
| synonym | Calocarpum mammosum (L.) Pierre |
| synonym | Calospermum mammosum (L.) Pierre |
| synonym | Gambeya mammosa (L.) Pierre |
| synonym | Lucuma mammosa (L.) C.F.Gaertn. |
| synonym | Lucuma zapota (L.) Urb. |
| synonym | Lucuma zapota var. anguai Rojas Acosta |
| synonym | Manilkara achras (Mill.) Fosberg |
| synonym | Manilkara breviloba Gilly |
| synonym | Manilkara calderonii Gilly |
| synonym | Manilkara conzattii Gilly |
| synonym | Manilkara gaumeri Gilly |
| synonym | Manilkara grisebachii (Pierre) Dubard |
| synonym | Manilkara meridionalis Gilly |
| synonym | Manilkara meridionalis var. caribbensis Gilly |
| synonym | Manilkara rojasii Gilly |
| synonym | Manilkara striata Gilly |
| synonym | Manilkara tabogaensis Gilly |
| synonym | Manilkara zapotilla (Jacq.) Gilly |
| synonym | Manilkariopsis lobulata Lundell |
| synonym | Manilkariopsis meridionalis (Gilly) Lundell |
| synonym | Manilkariopsis petenensis Lundell |
| synonym | Manilkariopsis rojasii (Gilly) Lundell |
| synonym | Manilkariopsis striata (Gilly) Lundell |
| synonym | Manilkariopsis tabogaensis (Gilly) Lundell |
| synonym | Mimusops grisebachii Pierre |
| synonym | Nispero achras (Mill.) Aubrév. |
| synonym | Pouteria mammosa (L.) Cronquist |
| synonym | Sapota achras Mill. |
| synonym | Sapota achras var. lobata A.DC. |
| synonym | Sapota achras var. sphaerica A.DC. |
| synonym | Sapota zapotilla (Jacq.) Coville ex Safford |
| synonym | Vitellaria mammosa (L.) Radlk. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Cyclicity
Flowering: August - October. Fruit ripening : January onwards
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
Morphology
A small, evergreen tree having a crown of branches with milky latex in young parts. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, smooth shining, dark green above and pale beneath arranged almost in whorl manner at the apex of branches. Flowers pale yellow, clustered at the apex of branches. Fruit a berry, globose, rusty and sweet scented when ripe
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Plains to Mid Altitude, Cultivated, Native of Tropical America
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Global Distribution
India: Andaman & Nicobar Island, Assam, Madhya Pradesh; Tropical America
Local Distribution
Bongaigaon
Karnataka: Mysore
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Siddha
Ripe fruits are eaten fresh
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2471
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2471 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2471
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2471
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Ericales Bercht. & J. Presl |
| Family | Sapotaceae |
| Genus | Manilkara |
| Species | Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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