- Family : SAPOTACEAE
(Sapodilla Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : CHIKOO FAMILY (चीकू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapotaceae
- Basionym : Achras zapota L.
- Synonym(s) : Manilkara achras (Mill.) Fosberg
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen
- Common name : Sapota, Nasebarry, Sapodilla
- Vernacular name :
- Chikku (Hindi)
- Sapota gida (Kannada)
- Sapota, Seema ippa (Telugu)
- Sapota (Oria)
- Chikku, Sappota (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Comments / notes : Commonly cultivated in plains and lower slopes of the Ghats for its edible fruits.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Delhi : Delhi
- Native : South America
- World Distribution : Tropics of the world.
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Manilkara zapota. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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