Botanical family
Sapotaceae
Sapodilla/Chicle family
16 species in this family
Trees with milky latex and alternate leathery leaves. Includes sapodilla (chiku), star apple, and mahua. Latex of sapodilla is the original chicle.
- Leaf arrangement: alternate
- Leaf type: simple
- Growth forms: tree
- Inflorescence: cymose axillary
- Fruit: berry
Species in SAPOTACEAE
- Cainito, Star Apple, Satin leaf, West Indian Star appleChrysophyllum cainito
- Wild Star AppleChrysophyllum roxburghii
- Indian Butter TreeMadhuca longifolia var. latifolia
- South-Indian Mahua, Mahua TreeMadhuca longifolia var. longifolia
- Illipe Butter TreeMadhuca neriifolia
- Obtuse-leaved mimusops, The Caylon Iron woodManilkara hexandra
- Sapota, Nasebarry, SapodillaManilkara zapota
- Indian Medlar, Bullet wood Tree, Asian bulletwood, Bakul tree, Spanish cherryMimusops elengi
- Indian Gutta PerchaPalaquium ellipticum
- AguaiPouteria gardneriana
- Hairy XantolisXantolis tomentosa
- Chrysophyllum lanceolatum
- Isonandra lanceolata
- Madhuca bourdillonii
- Manilkara kauki
- Manilkara roxburghiana
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