Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen (Blumea 7: 410. 1953.)
Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Anguilla, Barbados, Dominica, the Grenadines, Maria Galante,Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cuba (exotic), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (cultivated)[ Mona, Vieques], Virgin Islands (exotic) (Guana Islands, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, ) ], Bahamas (exotic), North America (exotic: FL), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (exotic),
Common Names: Bully tree (L. Antilles), Chapoti (L. Antilles), Grand sapotillier (Haiti), Jaune d'oeuf (Haiti), Mamey colorado (Cuba), Naseberry (Jamaica), Nisperillo (Dominican Republic), Níspero (Cuba), Níspero (Dominican Republic), Níspero (Puerto Rico), Sapodilla (Bahamas), Sapodilla (L. Antilles), Sapodilla (Puerto Rico), Sapote (Cuba), Sapote (Dominican Republic), Sapotier (L. Antilles), Sapotille (Haiti), Sapotillier (Haiti), Sapotillier commun (Haiti), Sapotillier marmelade (Haiti), Zapote (Cuba), Zapote (Haiti), Zapotier (Haiti), Zapotillo (Cuba),
Synonyms: Achras mammosa L. (Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 469. 1762.), Achras zapota L. (Sp. Pl. 1190. 1753.), Achras zapota L. f. asperma M. Gómez (Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 253. 1890.), Achras zapota L. var. candollei Pierre (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 97. 1904), Achras zapota L. var. lobata (DC.) Pierre (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 97. 1904), Achras zapota L. var. pedicellaris Pierre (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 97. 1904), Achras zapota L. var. sphaerica (DC.) Pierre (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 97. 1904), Calocarpum mammosum (L.) Pierre var. bonplandii (Kunth) Pierre (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 99. 1904.), Calocarpum mammosum (L.) Pierre var. candollei Pierre (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 99. 1904.), Calocarpum mammosum (L.) Pierre var. ovoideum Pierre (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 99. 1904.), Manilkara meridionalis Gilly (Trop. Woods 73: 12. 1943.), Manilkara zapotilla (Jacq.) Gilly (Trop. Woods 73: 20. 1943.), Mimusops grisebachii Pierre (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 173. 1904.), Pouteria mammosa (L.) Cronquist (Lloydia 9: 287. 1946.), Sapota achras Mill. (Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.),
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