Sapotaceae
Mammee sapote
Pouteria sapota
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Genus
- Pouteria
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Common names
By language (15)
- Belarusian
- Сапота
- Chinese
- 馬米果, 美桃榄, 马米果
- Dutch
- Mamey sapota, Grote sapota
- English
- Mammee sapote, Naseberry / mamey sapote / mamey sapota, Mamey sapote
- Finnish
- Mammiomena
- German
- Große Sapote
- Indonesian
- Mamey sapote
- Japanese
- マメイサポテ
- Korean
- 마메이, 마메이나무, 마메이사포테
- Malayalam
- സപ്പോട്ട
- nah
- Tezontzapocuahuitl
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Storsapote
- Russian
- Сапота
- Spanish
- Mamey zapote
- Thai
- ซาโปเต
Synonyms
- Achras major Jacq.
- Achras mammosa Bonpl. ex Miq.
- Bassia jussaei Griseb.
- Calocarpum huastecanum Gilly
- Calocarpum mammosum var. bonplandii Pierre & Urb.
- Calocarpum mammosum var. candollei Pierre & Urb.
- Calocarpum mammosum var. ovoideum (Pierre) Pierre
- Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr.
- Calospermum mammosum var. bonplandii (Kunth) Pierre
- Calospermum mammosum var. candollei Pierre
- Calospermum mammosum var. ovoidea Pierre
- Calospermum parvum Pierre
- Lucuma bonplandii Kunth
- Sapota mammosa Mill.
- Sideroxylon sapota Jacq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: jlsnaddon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eye Steel Film from Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 61566 : Adományozó/Donor: Mészáros Zoltán., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Loopy30, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Afifa Afrin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Afifa Afrin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.