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|image = Pouteria sapota - marmalade tree - desc-leaf cluster - from-DC1.jpg
|image = Pouteria sapota - marmalade tree - desc-leaf cluster - from-DC1.jpg
|image_caption = ''Pouteria sapota''
|image_caption = Foliage of ''[[Pouteria sapota]]''
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|image2_caption = ''[[Madhuca longifolia]]'' var. ''latifolia'' in [[Narsapur, Medak district]], [[India]]
|taxon = Sapotaceae
|taxon = Sapotaceae
|authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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|type_genus_authority = Adans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?1000 |title=''Sapotaceae'' Juss., nom. cons. |work=[[Germplasm Resources Information Network]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |date=2003-01-17 |access-date=2009-04-06}}</ref>
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[[File:Madhuca longifolia var latifolia (Mahua) W IMG 0242.jpg|thumb|190px|''[[Madhuca longifolia]]'' var. ''latifolia'' in [[Narsapur, Medak district]], [[India]]. ]]

The '''Sapotaceae''' are a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Ericales]]. The family includes about 800 [[species]] of [[evergreen]] trees and shrubs in around 65 genera (35-75, depending on generic definition). Their distribution is [[Tropics|pantropical]].
The '''Sapotaceae''' are a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Ericales]]. The family includes about 800 [[species]] of [[evergreen]] trees and shrubs in around 65 genera (35-75, depending on generic definition). Their distribution is [[Tropics|pantropical]].


Many species produce edible fruits, or white blood-sap that is used to cleanse dirt, organically and manually, while others have other economic uses. Species noted for their edible fruits include ''[[Manilkara]]'' ([[Manilkara zapota|sapodilla]]), ''[[Chrysophyllum cainito]]'' (star-apple or golden leaf tree), and ''[[Pouteria]]'' (''[[abiu]], [[canistel]], [[lúcuma]]'', [[mamey sapote]]). ''[[Vitellaria paradoxa]]'' (''shi'' in several languages of West Africa and ''karité'' in French; also anglicized as [[Vitellaria|shea]]) 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. The "miracle fruit" ''[[Synsepalum dulcificum]]'' is also placed in the Sapotaceae.
Many species produce edible fruits, or white blood-sap that is used to cleanse dirt, organically and manually, while others have other economic uses. Species noted for their edible fruits include ''[[Manilkara]]'' ([[Manilkara zapota|sapodilla]]), ''[[Chrysophyllum cainito]]'' (star-apple or golden leaf tree), and ''[[Pouteria]]'' (''[[abiu]], [[canistel]], [[lúcuma]]'', [[mamey sapote]]). ''[[Vitellaria paradoxa]]'' (''shi'' in several languages of West Africa and ''karité'' in French; also anglicized as [[Vitellaria|shea]]) 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. The "miracle fruit" ''[[Synsepalum dulcificum]]'' is also placed in the Sapotaceae.


Trees of the genus ''[[Palaquium]]'' ([[gutta-percha]]) produce an important [[latex]] with a wide variety of uses.
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]]'' produce an edible [[Argan oil|oil]], traditionally harvested in [[Morocco]].

The seeds of the tree ''[[Argan|Argania spinosa]]'' produce an edible [[Argan oil|oil]], traditionally harvested in [[Morocco]].


The family name is derived from ''zapote'', a Mexican vernacular name for one of the plants (in turn derived from the [[Nahuatl]] ''tzapotl'') and Latinised by Linnaeus as ''sapota'', a name now treated as a synonym of ''[[Manilkara]]'' (also formerly known by the invalid name ''Achras'').
The family name is derived from ''[[sapote|zapote]]'', a Mexican vernacular name for one of the plants (in turn derived from the [[Nahuatl]] ''tzapotl'') and Latinised by [[Linnaeus]] as ''sapota'', a name now treated as a synonym of ''[[Manilkara]]'' (also formerly known by the invalid name ''Achras'').


==Genera==
==Genera==

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Sapotaceae
Foliage of Pouteria sapota
Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia in Narsapur, Medak district, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Juss.[1]
Type genus
Manilkara
Adans.[2]
Subfamilies

The Sapotaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to the order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in around 65 genera (35-75, depending on generic definition). Their distribution is pantropical.

Many species produce edible fruits, or white blood-sap that is used to cleanse dirt, organically and manually, while others have other economic uses. Species noted for their edible fruits include Manilkara (sapodilla), Chrysophyllum cainito (star-apple or golden leaf tree), and Pouteria (abiu, canistel, lúcuma, mamey sapote). Vitellaria paradoxa (shi in several languages of West Africa and karité in French; also anglicized as shea) 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. The "miracle fruit" Synsepalum dulcificum is also placed in the Sapotaceae.

Trees of the genus Palaquium (gutta-percha) produce an important latex with a wide variety of uses. The seeds of the tree Argania spinosa produce an edible oil, traditionally harvested in Morocco.

The family name is derived from zapote, a Mexican vernacular name for one of the plants (in turn derived from the Nahuatl tzapotl) and Latinised by Linnaeus as sapota, a name now treated as a synonym of Manilkara (also formerly known by the invalid name Achras).

Genera

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References

  1. ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x.
  2. ^ "Sapotaceae Juss., nom. cons". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-01-17. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  3. ^ The Plant List
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