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Manilkara zapota - Fruit - Click to enlarge!

Fruit; Reserva Natural da Vale do Rio Doce, Sooretama, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Manilkara zapota - Foliage and fruits - Click to enlarge!

Foliage and fruits; Reserva Natural da Vale do Rio Doce, Sooretama, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Manilkara zapota - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Reserva Natural da Vale do Rio Doce, Sooretama, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Manilkara zapota - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Reserva Natural da Vale do Rio Doce, Sooretama, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Manilkara zapota - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Reserva Natural da Vale do Rio Doce, Sooretama, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1755
Date of entry: 01.08.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Sapodilla

German: Breiapfelbaum

Portuguese: Sapotizeiro

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Ericales (57)

        Family: Sapotaceae (6)(family description)

          Genus: Manilkara (1)

            Epithet: zapota (L.) P.Royen (1)

Synonym: Achras sapota L.

sapota => derived from the Nahuatl (indigenous Mesoamerican) name for M. zapota

zapota => derived from the Nahuatl (indigenous Mesoamerican) name for M. zapota

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: tree

Flower colour: white

External links

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