Pouteria
Pouteria is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the green sapote (P. viridis), the mamey sapote (P. sapota), and the abiu (P. caimito). Commonly, this genus is known as pouteria trees.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilySapotaceae
Observations2,759
Common Name: sodinha
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Research
129 papers- Pouteria spp. fruits: Health benefits of bioactive compounds and their potential for the food industry.Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.) · 2023
- Pouteria sapota (Red Mamey Fruit): Chemistry and Biological Activity of Carotenoids.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2022
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Range
- Uses
- Systematics and taxonomy
- Accepted species
- Formerly placed here
- Synonyms
- References
- Footnotes
- Sources cited
Pouteria is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the green sapote (P. viridis), the mamey sapote (P. sapota), and the abiu (P. caimito). Commonly, this genus is known as pouteria trees.
Pouteria is related to Manilkara, another genus that produces hard and heavy woods (e.g. balatá, M. bidentata) used commonly for tropical construction, as well as edible fruit (such as sapodilla, M. zapota).