Taxon: Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H. E. Moore & Stearn

Summary

Genus:

Pouteria

Family:

Sapotaceae

Subfamily:

Chrysophylloideae

Nomen number:

1303

Place of publication:

Taxon 16:383. 1967

Verified:

11/20/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

66 (53 active, 46 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Sideroxylon sapota Jacq.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Achras lucuma Blanco

Invalid Designation(s)
Achras mammosa auct.
Calocarpum mammosum auct.
Lucuma mammosa auct.
Pouteria mammosa auct.

Images (2 total. Click on image for more.)

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Arias, R. S. et al. 2015. Development of a large set of microsatellite markers in Zapote mamey (Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn) and their potential use in the study of the species. Molecules 20:11400-11417. DOI: 10.3390/molecules200611400.
Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Martínez-Castillo, J. et al. 2019. Structure and genetic diversity in wild and cultivated populations of Zapote mamey (Pouteria sapota, Sapotaceae) from southeastern Mexico: its putative domestication center. Tree Genet. Genomes 15:61. DOI: 10.1007/s11295-019-1368-z.
Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
Pennington, T. D. 1991. The genera of the Sapotaceae
Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Reitz, R., ed. 1965-. Flora ilustrada catarinense. Note: = Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr.
Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:259.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	mammee sapote	1	Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
English	marmalade-plum	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	marmalade-tree	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
German	große Sapote	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	mamey	2	Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
Spanish	mamey colorado	2	Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
Spanish	sapote	2	Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
Spanish	zapote	2	Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
Spanish	zapote mamey	2	Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
Swedish	mameysapote	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize			Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador	San Vicente		Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras			Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua		e.	Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
2	Cultivated					widely cult. in tropics	Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua (e.), El Salvador [San Vicente]

Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)

Reference(s)

Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae
Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:885. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	fruit		Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:493-496.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=1303. Accessed 17 April 2026.