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

mammee sapotenaseberry / mamey sapote / mamey sapota

WFO wfo-0000282077 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pouteria sapota, photographed by Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil
fig. a Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-16 / obs. 137724013
Pouteria sapota, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68102120
Pouteria sapota, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. c José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27030975
Pouteria sapota, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. d Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 3317818
Pouteria sapota, photographed by Desiree L. Narango
fig. e Desiree L. Narango, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 4910951
Pouteria sapota, photographed by Martín Sánchez Vilchis
fig. f Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58173559
Pouteria sapota, photographed by Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil
fig. g Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133242174
Pouteria sapota, photographed by Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil
fig. h Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119133009

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Pouteria sapota is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamá
Native distribution of Pouteria sapota, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Achras major Jacq.
  • Achras mammosa Bonpl. ex Miq.
  • Bassia jussaei Griseb.
  • Calocarpum huastecanum Gilly
  • Calocarpum mammosum var. bonplandii Pierre & Urb.
  • Calocarpum mammosum var. candollei Pierre & Urb.
  • Calocarpum mammosum var. ovoideum (Pierre) Pierre
  • Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr.
  • Calospermum mammosum var. bonplandii (Kunth) Pierre
  • Calospermum mammosum var. candollei Pierre
  • Calospermum mammosum var. ovoidea Pierre
  • Calospermum parvum Pierre
  • Lucuma bonplandii Kunth
  • Sapota mammosa Mill.
  • Sideroxylon sapota Jacq.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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