EPPO Global Database

Pouteria sapota(POJSA)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-11-09

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: POJSA
  • Preferred name: Pouteria sapota
  • Authority: (Jacquin) Moore & Stearn

Notes

Mexico, Central America. Introduced in Caribbean, South America (northwest)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Achras mammosa Linnaeus
Calocarpum mammosum (Linnaeus) Pierre
Calocarpum sapota (Jacquin) Merrill

Common names
Name Language
mamey English
mammee sapota English
mammey sapote English
marmelade plum English
große Sapote German
chapot Spanish
mamey colorado Spanish
mamey sapote Spanish
mamme colorado Spanish
vannilos Spanish
zapote grande Spanish (MX)
sapota Portuguese