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|name = Sapotaceae
 
|image = Pouteria sapota - marmalade tree - desc-leaf cluster - from-DC1.jpg
 
|image_caption = ''Pouteria sapota''
 
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
 
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
 
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
 
|unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]]
 
|ordo = [[Ericales]]
 
|familia = '''Sapotaceae'''
 
|familia_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 |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122630309/abstract | format= PDF |accessdate=2013-07-06 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x }}</ref>
 
|subdivision_ranks = [[Family (biology)|Subfamilies]]
 
|subdivision = [[Chrysophylloideae]]<br>
 
[[Sapotoideae]]<br>
 
[[Sarcospermatoideae]]
 
|type_genus = ''[[Manilkara]]'' <small>Adans.</small><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 |accessdate=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 [[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 chicle|Sapodilla]], [[Manilkara zapota|sapota]]), ''[[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 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 ''[[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'').
 
 
 
==Genera==
 
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*''[[Amorphospermum]]''
 
* ''[[Aningeria]]''
 
* ''[[Argan]]ia''
 
* ''[[Aubregrinia]]''
 
* ''[[Aulandra]]''
 
* ''[[Autranella]]''
 
* ''[[Baillonella]]''
 
* ''[[Boerlagella]]'' <small>Cogn.</small> (sometimes included in ''Pouteria'')
 
* ''[[Breviea]]''
 
* ''[[Burckella]]''
 
* ''[[Capurodendron]]''
 
* ''[[Chromolucuma]]''
 
* ''[[Chrysophyllum]]''
 
* ''[[Delpydora]]''
 
* ''[[Diploknema]]''
 
* ''[[Diploon]]''
 
* ''[[Donella]] ogoouensis'' <small>(A. Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.</small><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-28701062 The Plant List]</ref>
 
* ''[[Eberhardtia]]''
 
* ''[[Ecclinusa]]''<!-- Caldasia27:89. -->
 
* ''[[Elaeoluma]]''
 
* ''[[Englerophytum]]''
 
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* ''[[Faucherea]]''
 
* ''[[Gluema]]''
 
* ''[[Inhambanella]]''
 
* ''[[Isonandra]]''
 
* ''[[Labourdonnaisia]]''
 
* ''[[Labramia]]''
 
* ''[[Lecomtedoxa]]''
 
* ''[[Letestua]]''
 
* ''[[Madhuca]]''
 
* ''[[Manilkara]]''
 
* ''[[Mastichodendron]]''
 
* ''[[Micropholis]]''
 
* ''[[Mimusops]]''
 
* ''[[Neohemsleya]]''
 
* ''[[Neolemonniera]]''
 
* ''[[Nesoluma]]''
 
* ''[[Niemeyera]]''
 
* ''[[Northia]]''
 
* ''[[Omphalocarpum]]''
 
* ''[[Palaquium]]''
 
* ''[[Payena]]''
 
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* ''[[Pichonia]]''
 
* ''[[Planchonella]]'' <small>Pierre</small>
 
* ''[[Pleioluma]]''
 
* ''[[Pouteria]]''
 
* ''[[Pradosia]]''
 
* ''[[Pycnandra]]''
 
* ''[[Sarcaulus]]''
 
* ''[[Sarcosperma]]''
 
* ''[[Sersalisia]]'' <small>R.Br.</small> (sometimes included in ''Pouteria'')
 
* ''[[Sideroxylon]]''
 
* ''[[Synsepalum]]''
 
* ''[[Tieghemella]]''
 
* ''[[Tridesmostemon]]''
 
* ''[[Tsebona]]''
 
* ''[[Van-royena]]'' <small>Aubrév.</small> (sometimes included in ''Pouteria'')
 
* ''[[Vitellaria]]''
 
* ''[[Vitellariopsis]]''
 
* ''[[Xantolis]]''
 
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==References==
 
{{reflist}}
 
 
 
[[Category:Ericales families]]
 
[[Category:Sapotaceae| ]]
 

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