PLANTS Profile for Pouteria sapota (mammee sapote)

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PLANTS Profile

Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn
mammee sapote

Symbol:

POSA13

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Sapotaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:


Other common names:
	sapote
	mamey sapote

More Information:

Synonyms:
Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn

	CASA29	Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr.
	LUMA16	Lucuma mammosa auct.
	POMA19	Pouteria mammosa auct.
	SISA9	Sideroxylum sapota Jacq.

Distribution:
Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn


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Related Taxa:
Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn

View 14 genera in Sapotaceae, 10 species in Pouteria

Classification:
Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ebenales
Family	Sapotaceae – Sapodilla family
Genus	Pouteria Aubl. – pouteria
Species	Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn – mammee sapote

Introduced Information:
Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23836.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 08:11 AM CDT