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Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen, Blumea 7: 410 1953. (syn: Achradelpha mammosa (L.) O.F.Cook; Achras breviloba (Gilly) Lundell; Achras calderonii (Gilly) Lundell; Achras conzattii (Gilly) Lundell; Achras coriacea Lundell; Achras dactylina Lundell; Achras gaumeri (Gilly) Lundell; Achras latiloba Lundell; Achras lobulata (Lundell) Lundell; Achras lucuma Blanco; Achras mammosa L.; Achras meridionalis (Gilly) Lundell; Achras occidentalis Cels ex Ten.; Achras paludosa Lundell; Achras petenensis (Lundell) Lundell; Achras rojasii (Gilly) Lundell; Achras sapatilla J.Paul & W.Arnold; Achras sapota L.; Achras striata (Gilly) Lundell; Achras tabogaensis (Gilly) Lundell; Achras tainteriana Lundell; Achras tchicomame Perr.; Achras verrucosa Stokes; Achras zapota L.; Achras zapota var. major Jacq.; Achras zapota var. pedicellaris Pierre; Achras zapota var. zapotilla Jacq.; Achras zapotilla (Jacq.) Nutt.; Calocarpum mammosum (L.) Pierre; Calospermum mammosum (L.) Pierre; Gambeya mammosa (L.) Pierre; Lucuma mammosa (L.) C.F.Gaertn.; Manilkara achras (Mill.) Fosberg; Manilkara breviloba Gilly; Manilkara calderonii Gilly; Manilkara conzattii Gilly; Manilkara gaumeri Gilly; Manilkara grisebachii (Pierre) Dubard; Manilkara meridionalis Gilly; Manilkara meridionalis var. caribbensis Gilly; Manilkara rojasii Gilly; Manilkara striata Gilly; Manilkara tabogaensis Gilly; Manilkara zapotilla (Jacq.) Gilly; Manilkariopsis lobulata Lundell; Manilkariopsis meridionalis (Gilly) Lundell; Manilkariopsis petenensis Lundell; Manilkariopsis rojasii (Gilly) Lundell; Manilkariopsis striata (Gilly) Lundell; Manilkariopsis tabogaensis (Gilly) Lundell; Mimusops grisebachii Pierre; Nispero achras (Mill.) Aubrév.; Pouteria mammosa (L.) Cronquist; Sapota achras Mill.; Sapota achras var. lobata A.DC.; Sapota achras var. sphaerica A.DC.; Vitellaria mammosa (L.) Radlk.);
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Mexico to Colombia as per WCSP;
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Native to: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá; Introduced into: Bahamas, Bangladesh, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. as per POWO;
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beef apple, chicle, chico sapote, chicozapote, chiku, naseberry, noseberry, sapodilla, sapodilla plum • Bengali: সপেটা sapeta • Hindi: चिकू chikoo, sapota • Konkani: चिक्कू chikku • Marathi: चिकू chiku, चिक्कू chikku • Tamil: cappotta, சீமையிலுப்பை cimaiyiluppai • Telugu: sapota, సీమ ఇప్పచెట్టు sima ippacettu Urdu: Chikoo چیکو ;
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man-il-KAR-uh — Latinized form of the South American vernacular name for Malabar; also spelled Manilcara zuh-POH-tuh — from the South American vernacular name sapota . Native of: tropical America
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Sending photos of Sapota fruit and young tree. – Here is one more photo of the Chiku (Sapota) fruits taken from the fruit market in Dombivli. Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen, Blumea 7: 410 1953 (syn: Achras zapota L.)
Family: Sapotaceae Commonly sold fruit in Delhi, but rarely grown Common English Names: Sapote, sapodilla, chicle, naseberry Hindi: Cheeku This one is a Fruit. – This Tree is being planted in haryana now days at large scale – Due to regular attack of many fungal diseases in rice wheat cropping system people are shifting slowly slowly towards hort crops. This plant yields fruits earlier than many large hort crops/trees. It is in great demand particularly for kitchen gardens. -CULTIVATED :: Sapotaceae (sapota family) » Manilkara zapota Synonyms: Achras zapota, Manilcara achras, Manilkara chiku, Sapota achras
man-il-KAR-uh — Latinized form of the South American vernacular name for Malabar; also spelled Manilcara
zuh-POH-tuh — from the South American vernacular name sapota commonly known as: beef apple, chicle, chico sapote, chicozapote, chiku, naseberry, noseberry, sapodilla, sapodilla plum • Bengali: সপেটা sapeta • Hindi: चिकू chikoo, sapota • Konkani: चिक्कू chikku • Marathi: चिकू chiku, चिक्कू chikku • Tamil: cappotta, சீமையிலுப்பை cimaiyiluppai • Telugu: sapota, సీమ ఇప్పచెట్టు sima ippacettu Native of: tropical America
Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-10:
This is SAFEDA (SABEDA) tree in Bengali. Edible fruits are smaller than those of cultivated ones. But i find it difficult to obtain its scientific name. My copy of ‘Plant Grouips’ refers it as Achras zapota in one place and A. sapota in another page. A search in Wikipedia tells me Achras is a rejected name now. Moreover, the family name given to this plant is ‘Zapotaceae’ in the same book, but it is ‘Sapotaceae’ in the Wiki. Species : Manilkara zapota L. ? Bengali name : SAFEDA / SABEDA Habit & Habitat : Tree, backyard orchard Date : 23/03/2012 , 3.51 p.m. Place : Hooghly, West Bengal ID help : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manilkara_zapota
Flora of Haryana- Manilkara zapota from Nilokheri: Manilkara zapota. Chiku fruit family: Sapotaceae One more picture of Chiku
Nov 2011 Pune
Botanical name Manilkara zapota
Family Sapotaceae
Common name Chikko in Marathi
Fruit Trees of Bangalore – RA – Manilkara Zapota – Chikoo Tree – Sappota:
Chikoo is a fairly slow-growing, long-lived tree, upright and elegant, distinctly pyramidal when young. It grows up to to 18 m high in the open but reaching 30 m when crowded in a forest. It is strong and wind-resistant, rich in white, gummy latex. Its leaves are highly ornamental, evergreen, glossy, alternate, spirally clustered at the tips of the forked twigs; elliptic, pointed at both ends, firm, 7.5-11.25 cm long and 2.5-4 cm wide.
Flowers are small and bell-like, with 3 brown-hairy outer sepals and 3 inner sepals enclosing the pale-green corolla and 6 stamens. They are borne on slender stalks at the leaf bases.
The fruit may be nearly round, oblate, oval, ellipsoidal, or conical; varies from 2 to 4 in 5-10 cm in width. When immature it is hard, gummy and very astringent. Though smooth-skinned it is coated with a sandy brown scurf until fully ripe. The flesh ranges in color from yellowish to light- or dark-brown or sometimes reddish-brown; may be coarse and somewhat grainy or smooth; becomes soft and very juicy, with a sweet flavor resembling that of a pear. Some fruits are seedless, but normally there may be from 3 to 12 seeds which are easily removed as they are loosely held in a whorl of slots in the center of the fruit. They are brown or black, with one white margin; hard, glossy; long-oval, flat, with usually a distinct curved hook on one margin; and about 2 cm long.
Ref. Sapodilla Ever possible beautiful shots of Sapota tree Good view of the flower … and detailed information.
Unknown tree-2 collected from Aligarh (UP) : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5). Date :05.04.2014
Location: Aligarh (UP)
Family : ??
Genus & species : ??
Habitat: Grows as a garden plant.
Habit :Tree This looks like a Chickoo [Manilkara zapota] tree to me. I also think it is Manilkara zapota. Yes to Manilkara zapota
Manilkara zapota : Variegated Leaves : Flower Show,Mumbai : AK-25 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Thanks … Actually taken in a hurry as I had to travel. Interesting. Never seen Manikara zapota with variegated leaves. Thanks. I too was seeing the variegated leaves for the first time.
Flower Show in Mumbai is an interesting place where you find many new things.
chikoo-like tree FOR ID :: Lalbagh Botanical Gardens :: 19 FEB 2017 : 5 posts by 3 authors. 5 images.
Lalbagh Botanical Gardens Bangalore
Date: 19 FEB 2017 … Altitude: ~ 906 m (2972 ft) asl
Manilkara ¿ species ? … (family: Sapotaceae) … exotic
Dear friends, Its chikoo only. This one is close to big white silk cotton tree, right? Yes …, it was close to the big white silk cotton tree.
Location: Bali, Indonesia
Altitude: 60 ft.
Date: 11 June 2014
Anacardiaceae ? : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)- around 1 mb each.
Kumily (900m) Kerala, january 2019.
Anacardiaceae family ? Manilkara ??
Yes.. Manilkara zapota (Sapotaceae) M.zapota syn. Achras sapota. Thank you.
14102013GS1 a small tree for ID from Jim Corbett : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors. Manilkara hexandra Appears close to images at Manilkara zapota and not those at Manilkara hexandra
Yes, flowers of the Chikoo fruit. Yes It’s M. zapota, . Manilkara zapota from Pinjore Garden, Chandigarh-19012022-1: 3 high res. images.
Manilkara zapota photographed from Pinjore Gardens, Chandigarh, 29-5-2015. .
Achras sapota from Jammu-GS15102023-2: 4 high res. images.
Achras sapota (syn Manilkara zapota) clicked from Jammu, 15-10-2023. . References:
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