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Genus: Pouteria Life
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plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Order: Ericales
> Family: Sapotaceae
About 50 species, native to tropical regions. One species is
native to southern Africa and four species are cultivated in
the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Flora of
Zimbabwe.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Pouteria campechiana (Canistel,
Zapote blanco, Zapote de Niņo)
Native from Mexico to Panama. |
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Pouteria dominigensis (Sapote
culebra, Sapotillo)
Native to Florida and the Caribbean. |
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Pouteria multiflora (Bully tree)
Native from Puerto Rico to Peru. |
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Pouteria sapota (Mamey sapote,
Mamey apple)
Native from Mexico to Nicaragua. |
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