Sapota achras Mill.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Sapotaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Sapota achras Mill.

  • Description

    Species Description - A tree up to about 15 m. high, the bark dark brown, the twigs rather stout, the petioles, peduncles and calyx brownish pubescent. Leaves mainly clustered at the ends of the twigs, 5-12 cm. long, the lateral veins nearly transverse, delicate, close together, the apex obtuse, the base mostly narrowed, the slender petioles 5-20 mm. long; peduncles about as long as the petioles; sepals 8-10 mm. long; corolla-lobes about half as long as the tube; staminodia longer than the stamens; fruit globose or ovoid, 3-8 cm. in diameter, rough, brown, the flesh sweet, brownish, milky; seeds usually several, flattened, about 2 cm. long, with a white scar on the inner edge.

  • Distribution

    Scrub-lands, spontaneous after cultivation, in various localities in the Bahamas : Florida ; West Indies ; Mexico and northern South America. Sapodilla.

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