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Manilkara zapota  (L.) P. Royen

   

Botanical Name

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Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen

English Name

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Sapodilla, Naseberry, Chickle gum, Chicle tree, Common naseberry

Synonym(s)

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Manilkara zapotilla Gilly, Manilkara achras Fosb., Achras zapota L., Pouteria mammosa (L.) Cronquist, Nispero achras (Miller) Aubréville, nom. inval.

Family

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Sapotaceae

 

General Info

Description

An evergreen, upright to spreading tree, 5—20(—30)m tall, all parts rich in white gummy latex; trunk low-branched, bark rough, dark-brown, crown globose or pyramidal. Leaves alternate, ovate-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 3.5—15 cm x 1.5—7 cm, cuneate or obtusely acuminate at both ends, frequently emarginate, entire, glabrescent, glossy dark green, midrib prominent below, lateral nerves numerous, parallel; petiole 1—3.5 cm long. Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils, usually pendulous, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, brown-hairy outside; pedicel 1—2 cm long; calyx deeply 6-parted, usually in two whorls, densely grey or brown tomentose outside; corolla white, campanulate, 6 lobes about half as long as the tube; staminodes 6, petaloid; stamens 6; ovary 10—12-celled, villous; style subulate, exserted from the flower. Fruit a pendulous berry, globose, ovoid or ellipsoid, 3—8 cm x 3—6 cm, rounded or impressed at base, apex rounded and crowned by the remnants of the style; skin thin, dull reddish to yellow-brown, covered with a sandy brown scurf; flesh juicy, soft, yellow to red-brown, sweet. Seeds 0—6(—12), oblong, 2 cm long, brown or black, compressed laterally, hilum distinct.

Herb Effects

Febrifuge (tea of bark); diuretic (crushed seeds); sedative and soporific (fluid extract of the crushed seeds).

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Medicinal Use

Young fruits are boiled and the decoction taken to stop diarrhea. An infusion of the young fruits and the flowers is drunk to relieve pulmonary complaints. A decoction of old, yellowed leaves is drunk as a remedy for coughs, colds and diarrhea. A tea of bark to halt diarrhea and dysentery. Crushed seeds are useful to expel bladder and kidney stones. A combined decoction of sapodilla and chayote leaves is sweetened and taken daily to lower blood pressure. A paste of the seeds is applied on stings and bites from venomous animals.

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