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NUMBER 77 SAPOTACEAE 203
Fruits and timber used by Caribs (Hodge and Taylor,
1957595).
Manilkara zapota
Manilkora zapota (Linnaeus) van Royen, 1953:410.--Little & Wadswonh,
1964~446, pl. 21O.-Moore & Steam, 1967:383 [extensive discussion of
nomenclature].
Achras zapota Linnaeus, 1753:1190, as to type.
Achras manamma Linnaeus. 1762469, nom. illeg.
Calocarpum mammosum Pierre in Urban, 1904,598.
Sapodilla.
Tree to 15 m; petioles 0.5-3.0 cm long; leaves tufted at ends
of stout, sympodial branches, 6-13 cm long; pedicels equaling
petioles; fruit globose, large, 5-6-seeded, tasting of cinnamon:
seeds dark, flat, seed scar narrow, -*/3 the seed length.
Central America but now widely cultivated in tropics;
planted in Dominica and (escaping?) on west coast: Dublanc
(Nicolson 4113), Roseau Botanic Garden (Hodge 914), sine
loc. (Imray 4 at K).
Micropholis (Grisebach) Pierre
Micropholis guyanensis
Micropholb guyonensis (A.L. Candolle) Pierre, 1891:40.-Howard, 1989,
6:61.
Sideroxylon guyanenre A.L. Candolle in A.P. Candolle, 1844,8:182.
Chrysophyllwn microphyllwn sensu Grisebach, 1861:398, as to Dominica
specimen cited, non Jaquin.
Micropholis chrysophylloides Pierre, 1891:38.--Cmquist, 1946b:254.-
Little & Wadswonh, 1964:448, pl. 211.
Micropholis imrayana Pierre, 1891:39.
Micropholis dominicensis Pierre in Urban, 1904,s: 122.
Caimite.
Leaves blunt-apiculate, ovate-obovate, rusty or silvery
pubescent beneath; fruits ovoid, to 1 cm long, style persistent.
Northern South America into Central America and Lesser
Antilles to Puerto Rico; occasional in forests of Dominica:
Morne Diablotins (Lloyd 912, Whitefoord 4400). Newfoundland
(Nicolson 4126), Sylvania (Hodge 1316), Trois Pitons
(Lloyd 759, 762), sine loc. (Imray 181 at GH).
Pouteria Aublet
Pouteria sapota (Jacquin) Moore & Stearn (1967:383; Little
et al., 1974:792, pl. 647), the mammee sapote or sapote B
creme, has been collected in the Roseau Botanic Gardens
(Hodge 993). It has subsessile flowers, like f! semecarpifolia,
but the leaf-base is cuneate and the tertiary veins are
inconspicuous. It also has 8-12 sepals, unlike the other species
of the genus in Dominica. See Moore and Stearn (1.c.) for an
extensive discussion of the nomenclature.
1. Sepals 5 ..................... P. pallida
1. Sepals 4.
2. Flowers long-pedicellate (pedicels 1-1.5 cm) .....
....................... P. multwora
2. Flowers k sessile (pedicels ~0.5 cm) ..........
.................... P. semecarpifolia
Pouteria multitlora
Pouteria multiflora (A.L. Candolle) Eyma, 1936: 164.-Cronquist,
194&:279.-Little & Wadsworth. 1964:452, pl. 213.
Lucm mdtiflora A.L. Candolle in A.P. Candolle, 1844,8:168.
Radlkoferella multiflora (A.L. Candolle) Pierre, 1890:Zl .-Aubdville,
1961:185.
Pain d’epice, penny-piece.
Tall tree; petioles short (1-2.5 cm); leaves large (10-20 cm
long), obovate, apex obtuse-rounded, base acute-apiculate,
secondary lateral veins parallel, distant: flowers 1-8 in axillary
clusters: pedicels -1 cm long: sepals 4, persistent, ca 5 mm
long; corolla -1 cm long: hit green to yellowish, smooth,
hard, spheroidal, -5 cm thick, 1-seeded (ours); seed brown,
smooth, 3 cm x 2 cm: seed scar broad (2 cm across), rough.
West Indies; occasional dominant tree in rainforests of
Dominica: Layou (Ramuge s.n.), Syndicate Estate (Nicolson
4172). Fruiting at end of May.
Pouteria pallida
Pouteria pallida (C. Gaertner) Baehni, 1942:352.-Cronquist, 1944b:269,-
Howard, 1989,664.
Lucm pall& C. Gaertner, 1807:130.
Oxythece fobrilb Pierre in Urban, 1904,5:160.
Oxythece pallida (C. Gaertner) Cronquist, 1946x467.
Neoxythecepallida (C. Gaertner) Aubdville, 1961:183.
Planchonella pall& (C. Gaemer) Baehni, 1965:67.
Balate, ballata, bullet.
Large tree with milky sap; petioles -1 cm long; leaves
leathery, to 15 cm long; flowers in clusters of 2-10, pedicels
1-1.5 cm long; sepals 5; hits ellipsoid, 4-7 cm x 2 cm: seeds
1(-2), light-colored, blunt, 2.5-4.0 cm x 1.3-1.5 cm, seed scar
broad (1 cm across), -as long as seed.
Guadeloupe to St. Lucia; occasional at midelevations of
Dominica: Brantridge Estate (DeFilipps 1890). Carib Reserve
(Hodge 3273), Governor Estate (Nicolson 4188), lower
Hampstead River (DHN!, fruits eaten), Pont Casse (Ernst 1798,
Lloyd 760), sine loc. (Fishlock 29,54, Imray s.n. at GH, Imray
103 at K, Taylor 105).
Timber and fruits valued by Caribs (Hodge and Taylor,
1957595).
Pouteria semecarpifolia
Poureria semecarpifolia (plerre) Pierre in Urban, 1904, 5:108.-Cronquist.
194&:284.
Guopeba? semecarpifolia Pierre, 1891:43.
Contrevent.
Tree to 15 m, sympodially branching; petioles to 2 cm long: