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{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Starr 061213-2349 Pouteria campechiana.jpg
| image_caption = Canistel (''[[Pouteria campechiana|P. campechiana]]'')
| taxon = Pouteria
| authority = [[Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet|Aubl.]]<ref name = usda2009/>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = Many, see [[#Selected species|text]]
| synonyms = Many, see [[#Synonyms|text]]
}}
'''''Pouteria''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant|flowering]] [[tree]]s in the [[gutta-percha]] [[family (biology)|family]], [[Sapotaceae]]. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in [[Cameroon]] and [[Malesia]].<ref name = powo/> It includes the canistel (''[[Pouteria campechiana|P. campechiana]]''), the mamey sapote (''[[Mamey sapote|P. sapota]]''), and the lucuma (''[[Lucuma|P. lucuma]]''). Commonly, this genus is known as '''pouteria trees''', or in some cases, '''eggfruits'''.
''Pouteria'' is related to ''[[Manilkara]]'', another genus that produces hard and heavy woods (e.g. ''[[balatá]]'', ''M. bidentata'') used commonly for tropical construction, as well as edible [[fruit]] (such as [[sapodilla]], ''M. zapota'').
==Range==
''Pouteria'', as currently delineated, has over 200 species in the tropical Americas, from Mexico to northern Argentina and central Chile, including Florida and the Caribbean islands. Four species are found outside the Americas. ''[[Pouteria hexastemon]]'' is native to [[Cameroon]] in west-central Africa, and three species are native to [[Indonesia]] – ''[[Pouteria celebica]]'' to [[Sulawesi]], ''[[Pouteria lucida]]'' to [[Maluku Islands|Maluku]], and ''[[Pouteria oxyedra]]'' to [[Sumatra]].<ref name = powo/>
== Uses ==
[[File:Pouteria ramiflora.jpg|thumb|left|Fruits of ''[[Pouteria ramiflora|P. ramiflora]]'']]
Many species, such as ''[[Pouteria maclayana]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rspas.anu.edu.au/lmg/masp/workingpapers/13/MAD_13_11_01.pdf |title=Paper from the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies |access-date=2011-07-14 |archive-date=2008-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731151153/http://rspas.anu.edu.au/lmg/masp/workingpapers/13/MAD_13_11_01.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> have edible fruits and are important foods, seasonally. Some are being commercially collected and sold on local markets or packed in [[Canning|cans]].
''Pouteria'' species yield hard, heavy, resilient woods used as [[firewood]] and [[timber]], but particularly in outdoor and naval construction, such as [[Dock (maritime)|dock]] [[piling]]s, [[Deck (ship)|decking]]s, etc. Some species, such as abiu (''[[Pouteria caimito|P. caimito]]''), are considered to be [[shipworm]] resistant, but this depends on the [[silica]] content, which may vary from 0.0-0.9%. The weight by volume (at 12% moisture content) of ''Pouteria'' wood can be in excess of 1140&nbsp;kg/m<sup>3</sup> (71&nbsp;lb/ft<sup>3</sup>; thus, the wood sinks in water. The wood of ''Pouteria'' species is prone to considerable movement and warping when it dries out, but in its main use, naval construction, this is not a problem, since the wood never gets really dry.
The [[vessel element]]s are relatively small and usually di- to quadriseriate; the [[medullary ray (botany)|medullary ray]]s are fine and close together. ''Pouteria'' woods are capable of attaining an excellent polish using fine-grained [[sandpaper]] and possibly some wax. They can sometimes show an attractive figure of dark stripes against a sandy to mid-brown background colour. However, the wood is hardly used for furniture because it is so dense that items made from it would be difficult to transport. Moreover, it is nearly impossible to work using hand tools. Even using [[power tool]]s, working these woods presents some problems, as well, but given some patience and practical knowledge, these can easily be solved.
For the silica to be effective against shipworms, it needs to dry to some degree  to harden. When the wood is continually waterlogged, this process may take place very slowly or not at all, leaving the wood vulnerable.
''Pouteria'' foliage is used as food by some [[Lepidoptera]] [[caterpillar]]s, including those of the [[Dalceridae|dalcerid moth]] ''[[Dalcera abrasa]]'', which has been recorded on ''[[Pouteria ramiflora|P. ramiflora]]''. The fruits are important food for various animals, such as the [[rock-haunting ringtail possum]] (''Petropseudes dahli'').
Due to [[habitat loss]] and in some cases [[overexploitation]], many species of ''Pouteria'' are [[threatened]]. At least 10 are close to [[extinct]]ion, and one &ndash; the Rio de Janeiro pouteria (''[[Pouteria stenophylla|P. stenophylla]]''), which grew near [[Rio de Janeiro]] in [[Brazil]], is now extinct.
== Systematics and taxonomy ==
''Pouteria'' is a "[[wastebasket taxon]]", and its size is continually being expanded or decreased. The [[Segregate (taxonomy)|segregate]]d ''Labatia'', described by [[Olof Swartz]] in 1788 and named after the French botanist [[Jean-Baptiste Labat]], was maintained as a distinct entity until the 1930s, when it was finally synonymized with ''Pouteria'' for good. Most segregated genera that were merged with ''Pouteria'' again were established by [[Henri Ernest Baillon]] and [[Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre]].<ref name = usda2009>USDA (2009)</ref>
=== Accepted species ===
''[[Plants of the World Online]]'' currently accepts 217 species.<ref name = powo/>
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* ''[[Pouteria alvesii]]'' <small>Alves-Araújo</small> – Brazil (Pernambuco and Bahia)
* ''[[Pouteria amapaensis]]'' {{small|Pires & T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (Amapá)
* ''[[Pouteria amazonica]]'' {{small|Radlk.}} –  Brazil (Amazonas)
* ''[[Pouteria ambelaniifolia]]'' {{small|(Sandwith) T.D.Penn.}} – Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria amygdalicarpa]]'' {{small|(Pittier) T.D.Penn.}} – Nicaragua to Venezuela and Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria amygdalina]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Baehni}} – southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Costa Rica
* ''[[Pouteria andarahiensis]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (Bahia)
* ''[[Pouteria anomala]]'' {{small|(Pires) T.D.Penn.}} – southern Venezuela and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria anteridata]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Venezuela
* ''[[Pouteria arcuata]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – southeastern Colombia and Venezuela (Amazonas)
* ''[[Pouteria areolatifolia]]'' {{small|Lundell}} – Guatemala (Petén)
* ''[[Pouteria arguacoensium]]'' {{small|(H.Karst.) Baehni}} – Colombia
* ''[[Pouteria aristata]]'' {{small|(Britton & P.Wilson) Baehni}} – Cuba
* ''[[Pouteria arguacoensium]]'' {{small|(H.Karst.) Baehni}} – Colombia
* ''[[Pouteria aristata]]'' {{small|(Britton & P.Wilson) Baehni}} – Cuba
* ''[[Pouteria atabapoensis]]'' {{small|(Aubrév.) T.D.Penn.}} – Venezuela (Amazonas) and Brazil (Amazonas)
* ''[[Pouteria atlantica]]'' {{small|Alves-Araújo & M.Alves}} – Brazil (southeastern Bahia)
* ''[[Pouteria aubrevillei]]'' {{small|Bernardi}} – northern Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia, and Peru
* ''[[Pouteria aurea]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria austin-smithii]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Cronquist}} – Costa Rica and Panama
* ''[[Pouteria baehniana]]'' {{small|Monach.}} – Venezuela to Bolivia
* ''[[Pouteria bangii]]'' {{small|(Rusby) T.D.Penn.}} – northern South America
* ''[[Pouteria bapeba]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (southeastern Bahia to northern Espírito Santo)
* ''[[Pouteria beaurepairei]]'' {{small|(Glaz. & Raunk.) Baehni}} – Brazil (southeastern Bahia to Santa Catarina)
* ''[[Pouteria belizensis]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Cronquist}} – Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas) to Nicaragua
* ''[[Pouteria benai]]'' {{small|(Aubrév. & Pellegr.) T.D.Penn.}} – French Guiana
* ''[[Pouteria bilocularis]]'' {{small|(H.J.P.Winkl.) Baehni}} – northern South America
* ''[[Pouteria bonneriana]]'' {{small|Bernardi}} – Peru (Loreto)
* ''[[Pouteria brachyandra]]'' {{small|(Aubrév. & Pellegr.) T.D.Penn.}} – Guianas, Brazil (Amapá)
* ''[[Pouteria bracteata]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Nicaragua to western Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria brevensis]]'' {{small|Pires}} – Brazil (Pará)
* ''[[Pouteria brevipetiolata]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria briocheoides]]'' {{small|Lundell}} – Mexico (Chiapas) and Guatemala
* ''[[Pouteria buenaventurensis]]'' {{small|(Aubrév.) Pilz}} – Panama to Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria bullata]]'' {{small|(S.Moore) Baehni}} – Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Paraná)
* ''[[Pouteria butyrocarpa]]'' {{small|(Kuhlm.) T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (southeastern Bahia to Espírito Santo)
* ''[[Pouteria caimito]]'' {{small|(Ruiz & Pav.) Radlk.}} &ndash; abiu – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, northern South America, and Trinidad and Tobago
* ''[[Pouteria calistophylla]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Baehni}} – Costa Rica and Panama
* ''[[Pouteria campanulata]]'' {{small|Baehni}} – Brazil (Amazonas and Pará)
* ''[[Pouteria campechiana]]'' {{small|(Kunth) Baehni}} &ndash; canistel, yellow sapote – Mexico and Central America
* ''[[Pouteria canaimaensis]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Venezuela (Bolívar)
* ''[[Pouteria capacifolia]]'' {{small|Pilz}} – Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria cayennensis]]'' {{small|(A.DC.) Eyma}} – southeastern Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria celebica]]'' <small>Erlee</small> – Sulawesi
* ''[[Pouteria chiricana]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Baehni}} – Costa Rica and Panama
* ''[[Pouteria chocoensis]]'' {{small|(Aubrév.) T.D.Penn.}} – western Colombia
* ''[[Pouteria cicatricata]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (Amazonas and Rondônia)
* ''[[Pouteria ciliata]]'' {{small|Alves-Araújo & M.Alves}} – northeastern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria cinnamomea]]'' {{small|(Diels) Baehni}} – Peru (Cusco)
* ''[[Pouteria coelomatica]]'' {{small|Rizzini}} – Brazil (southeastern Bahia to Rio de Janeiro)
* ''[[Pouteria collina]]'' {{small|(Little) T.D.Penn.}} – Colombia and northern Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria condorensis]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria confusa]]'' {{small|Alves-Araújo & M.Alves}} – Brazil (southeastern Bahia)
* ''[[Pouteria coriacea]]'' {{small|(Pierre) Pierre}} – Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria crassiflora]]'' {{small|Pires & T.D.Penn.}} – Venezuela (Amazonas) and Brazil (Amapá and Pará)
* ''[[Pouteria cubensis]]'' {{small|Baehni}} – Cuba (Sierra Maestra)
* ''[[Pouteria cuspidata]]'' {{small|(A.DC.) Baehni}} – Costa Rica to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria decorticans]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – northwestern Venezuela, northern Brazil, and French Guiana
* ''[[Pouteria decussata]]'' {{small|(Ducke) Baehni}} – Brazil (Pará)
* ''[[Pouteria dominigensis]]'' <small>(C.F.Gaertn.) Baehni</small> – Bahamas, Cuba, Florida, Hispaniola
* ''[[Pouteria durlandii]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Baehni}} – Mexico to Guyana and Bolivia; northeastern to southern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria egregia]]'' {{small|Sandwith}} – Colombia and northeastern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria elegans]]'' {{small|(A.DC.) Baehni}} – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, northern Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia
* ''[[Pouteria engleri]]'' {{small|Eyma}} – Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria ephedrantha]]'' {{small|(A.C.Sm.) T.D.Penn.}} – southeast Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil (Acre)
* ''[[Pouteria ericoides]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus)
* ''[[Pouteria erythrochrysa]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus)
* ''[[Pouteria espinae]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Baehni}} – Colombia
* ''[[Pouteria eugeniifolia]]'' {{small|(Pierre) Baehni}} – Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria euryphylla]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Baehni}} – Panama
* ''[[Pouteria exfoliata]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Costa Rica and Panama
* ''[[Pouteria exstaminodia]]'' {{small|Pires & T.D.Penn.}} –  Brazil (Amazonas)
* ''[[Pouteria filiformis]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Costa Rica
* ''[[Pouteria filipes]]'' {{small|Eyma}} – Nicaragua and Costa Rica; Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, and northern, northeastern, and west-central Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria fimbriata]]'' {{small|Baehni}} – Colombia (Caquetá), Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria flavilatex]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus)
* ''[[Pouteria fossicola]]'' {{small|Cronquist}} – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
* ''[[Pouteria foveolata]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
* ''[[Pouteria fragrans]]'' {{small|(Pierre) Dubard}} – Paraguay and northeastern Argentina
* ''[[Pouteria franciscana]]'' {{small|Baehni}} – northern and northeastern Bolivia, northern Brazil, and northeastern Brazil (southeastern Bahia)
* ''[[Pouteria freitasii]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus)
* ''[[Pouteria fulva]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (Amazonas)
* ''[[Pouteria furcata]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – northeastern Brazil (Maranhão and Piauí)
* ''[[Pouteria gabrielensis]]'' {{small|(Gilly ex Aubrév.) T.D.Penn.}} – southeastern Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria gallifructa]]'' {{small|Cronquist}} – Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and Costa Rica; northeastern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria gardneri]]'' {{small|(Mart. & Eichler) Baehni}} – Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay
* ''[[Pouteria gardneriana]]'' {{small|(A.DC.) Radlk.}} – northeastern, southeastern, and southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina
* ''[[Pouteria gigantea]]'' {{small|(Diels) Pilz}} – Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria glauca]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, northern and northeastern Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname
* ''[[Pouteria glomerata]]'' {{small|(Miq.) Radlk.}} – Mexico to northeastern Argentina
:* ''Pouteria glomerata'' subsp. ''stylosa'' {{small|(Pierre) T.D.Penn.}} – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria gomphiifolia]]'' {{small|(Mart. ex Miq.) Radlk.}} – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria gongrijpii]]'' {{small|Eyma}} – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, northern and northeastern Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname
* ''[[Pouteria gracilis]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Peru (San Martín)
* ''[[Pouteria grandiflora]]'' {{small|(A.DC.) Baehni}} – Brazil (eastern Bahia)
* ''[[Pouteria grandis]]'' {{small|Eyma}} – Guianas
* ''[[Pouteria guianensis]]'' <small>Aubl.</small> – Panama, northern South America, and Trinidad
* ''[[Pouteria hexastemon]]'' <small>Baehni</small> – Cameroon
* ''[[Pouteria hotteana]]'' {{small|(Urb. & Ekman) Baehni}} – Haiti and Puerto Rico
* ''[[Pouteria izabalensis]]'' {{small|(Standl.) Baehni}} – Mexico (Chiapas) to Costa Rica
* ''[[Pouteria jariensis]]'' {{small|Pires & T.D.Penn.}} – northern Brazil and French Guiana
* ''[[Pouteria juruana]]'' {{small|K.Krause}} – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria kaieteurensis]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Guyana ([[Kaieteur Plateau]])
* ''[[Pouteria kossmanniae]]'' {{small|C.C.Vasconcelos & Terra-Araujo}} – Brazil (Amazonas)
* ''[[Pouteria krukovii]]'' {{small|(A.C.Sm.) Baehni}} – Colombia, Brazil (Acre), and Peru (Loreto)
* ''[[Pouteria laevigata]]'' {{small|(Mart.) Radlk.}} – Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, northern Brazil, and French Guiana
* ''[[Pouteria latianthera]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Venezuela (Amazonas) and Brazil (Amapá)
* ''[[Pouteria lecythidicarpa]]'' {{small|P.E.Sánchez & Poveda}} – Costa Rica
* ''[[Pouteria leptopedicellata]]'' {{small|Pilz}} – Costa Rica to Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria longifolia]]'' {{small|(Mart. & Eichler) T.D.Penn.}} – Peru (San Martín) and Bolivia (La Paz)
* ''[[Pouteria lucens]]'' {{small|(Mart. & Miq.) Radlk.}} – Brazil (Amazonas)
* ''[[Pouteria lucida]]'' <small>(H.J.Lam) Baehni</small> – Maluku
* ''[[Pouteria lucuma]]'' {{small|(Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze}} &ndash; lúcuma, lucumo – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile
* ''[[Pouteria lucumifolia]]'' {{small|(Reissek ex Maxim.) T.D.Penn.}} – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
* ''[[Pouteria macahensis]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – northeastern and eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro)
* ''[[Pouteria macrocarpa]]'' {{small|(Mart.) D.Dietr.}} – Colombia, northern Brazil, and southeastern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria macrophylla]]'' {{small|(Lam.) Eyma}} – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, northern, central, and eastern Brazil, Suriname and French Guiana
* ''[[Pouteria maguirei]]'' {{small|(Aubrév.) T.D.Penn.}} – southeast Colombia, Venezuela (Amazonas), and northwestern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria manaosensis]]'' {{small|(Aubrév. & Pellegr.) T.D.Penn.}} – northern Brazil and Suriname
* ''[[Pouteria mattogrossensis]]'' {{small|(Pilg.) Baehni}} – Brazil (Mato Grosso)
* ''[[Pouteria maxima]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (Amazonas)
* ''[[Pouteria megaphylla]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria melanopoda]]'' {{small|Eyma}} – Suriname and French Guiana
* ''[[Pouteria micrantha]]'' {{small|(Urb.) Baehni}} – eastern Cuba (Lomas de Cuaba and Sierra de Nipe)
* ''[[Pouteria microstrigosa]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – eastern Brazil (southeastern Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais)
* ''[[Pouteria minima]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Venezuela (Bolívar) and Brazil (northwestern Amazonas)
* ''[[Pouteria mongaguensis]]'' {{small|Mattos}} – Brazil (São Paulo)
* ''[[Pouteria multiflora]]'' {{small|(A.DC.) Eyma}} – Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northern Brazil, Venezuela, and the Caribbean
* ''[[Pouteria nemorosa]]'' {{small|Baehni}} – eastern Bolivia
* ''[[Pouteria nordestinensis]]'' {{small|Alves-Araújo & M.Alves}} – northeastern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria nudipetala]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – southeastern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria oblanceolata]]'' {{small|Pires}} – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, French Guiana, and northern and northeastern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria obscura]]'' {{small|(Huber) Baehni}} – Brazil (Pará)
* ''[[Pouteria opposita]]'' {{small|(Ducke) T.D.Penn.}} – Peru and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria oppositifolia]]'' {{small|(Ducke) Baehni}} – Brazil (Pará and Amapá)
* ''[[Pouteria orinocoensis]]'' {{small|(Aubrév.) T.D.Penn.}} – central and southern Venezuela
* ''[[Pouteria oxyedra]]'' <small>(Miq.) Baehni</small> – Sumatra
* ''[[Pouteria oxypetala]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (southeastern Bahia to eastern São Paulo)
* ''[[Pouteria pachycalyx]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – eastern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria pachyphylla]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – northern Brazil (Amazonas and Rondônia)
* ''[[Pouteria pallens]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – northern Brazil (Rondônia)
* ''[[Pouteria pallida]]'' {{small|(C.F.Gaertn.) Baehni}} – Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago
* ''[[Pouteria pariry]]'' {{small|(Ducke) Baehni}} – northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria penicillata]]'' {{small|Baehni}} – Guyana
* ''[[Pouteria pentamera]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus)
* ''[[Pouteria peruviensis]]'' {{small|(Aubrév.) Bernardi}} – Peru (Loreto)
* ''[[Pouteria petiolata]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Colombia (Caquetá), northern Brazil (Amazonas and Pará), and central Bolivia
* ''[[Pouteria pimichinensis]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Colombia (Guainía) and Venezuela (southeastern Amazonas)
* ''[[Pouteria pisquiensis]]'' {{small|Baehni}} – Peru (Ucayali)
* ''[[Pouteria platyphylla]]'' {{small|(A.C.Sm.) Baehni}} – northern and west-central Brazil (Amazonas and Mato Grosso), Ecuador, and Peru (Loreto)
* ''[[Pouteria plicata]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, and northern, northeastern, and west-central Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria polycarpa]]'' {{small|(Rusby) Baehni}} – Bolivia
* ''[[Pouteria polysepala]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria procera]]'' {{small|(Mart.) K.Hammer}} – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, and northern and eastern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria psammophila]]'' {{small|(Mart.) Radlk.}} – eastern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria puberula]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Venezuela (Miranda)
* ''[[Pouteria pubescens]]'' {{small|(Aubrév. & Pellegr.) T.D.Penn.}} – southeastern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria pullei]]'' {{small|Eyma}} – Suriname
* ''[[Pouteria putamen-ovi]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – southern Colombia, northern Peru, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria quicheana]]'' {{small|Cronquist}} – Guatemala
* ''[[Pouteria ramiflora]]'' <small>(Mart.) Radlk.</small> – Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay
* ''[[Pouteria resinosa]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – northern Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus)
* ''[[Pouteria reticulata]]'' {{small|(Engl.) Eyma}} – southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America
* ''[[Pouteria retinervis]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – southeastern Colombia, northern Brazil, and French Guiana
* ''[[Pouteria rhynchocarpa]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – southern Mexico (Veracruz and Oacaca)
* ''[[Pouteria rigida]]'' {{small|(Mart. & Eichler) Radlk.}} – southern Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria rigidopsis]]'' {{small|Monach. ex T.D.Penn.}} – northern and northeastern Venezuela
* ''[[Pouteria rodriguesiana]]'' {{small|Pires & T.D.Penn.}} – Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil (Amapá and Pará)
* ''[[Pouteria rostrata]]'' {{small|(Huber) Baehni}} – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern and west-central Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria rufotomentosa]]'' {{small|(Lundell) T.D.Penn.}} – Mexico (Oaxaca) and Guatemala
* ''[[Pouteria sagotiana]]'' {{small|(Baill.) Eyma}} – Guianas and northern Brazil (Amapá)
* ''[[Pouteria salicifolia]]'' {{small|(Spreng.) Radlk.}} – southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina
* ''[[Pouteria samborae]]'' {{small|Alves-Araújo & Mônico}} – Brazil (Espírito Santo)
* ''[[Pouteria sambuensis]]'' {{small|(Pittier) Baehni}} – Panama
* ''[[Pouteria sapota]]'' {{small|(Jacq.) H.E.Moore & Stearn}} &ndash; mamey sapote – Mexico and Central America
* ''[[Pouteria scabritesta]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria sclerocarpa]]'' {{small|(Pittier) Cronquist}} – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru
* ''[[Pouteria scrobiculata]]'' {{small|Monach. ex T.D.Penn.}} – Colombia (Caquetá), Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria semecarpifolia]]'' {{small|(Pierre ex Duss) Pierre}} – Leeward Islands and Windward Islands
* ''[[Pouteria sessiliflora]]'' {{small|(Sw.) Poir.}} – Cuba and Hispaniola
* ''[[Pouteria sessilis]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Peru (Loreto)
* ''[[Pouteria silvestris]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Costa Rica (Heredia), Colombia (Chocó), and Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria simulans]]'' {{small|Monach.}} – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru
* ''[[Pouteria singularis]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Venezuela, northern Brazil, and French Guiana
* ''[[Pouteria sipapoensis]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Venezuela (Amazonas)
* ''[[Pouteria speciosa]]'' {{small|(Ducke) Baehni}} – Colombia, northern Brazil, Guyana, and French Guiana
* ''[[Pouteria spicata]]'' {{small|J.F.Morales}} – Costa Rica
* ''[[Pouteria squamosa]]'' {{small|Cronquist}} – southern Mexico (southern Veracruz and Oaxaca) and Guatemala
* ''[[Pouteria stenophylla]]'' {{small|Baehni}} – southeastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) ([[Holocene extinction|extinct]])
* ''[[Pouteria stipitata]]'' {{small|Cronquist}} – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil (Rondônia)
* ''[[Pouteria stipulifera]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – northern Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus)
* ''[[Pouteria stylifera]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – northern Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus)
* ''[[Pouteria subcaerulea]]'' {{small|Pierre ex Dubard}} – eastern Bolivia and west-central and southeastern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria subrotata]]'' {{small|Cronquist}} – Nicaragua to Venezuela and Peru
* ''[[Pouteria subsessilifolia]]'' {{small|Cronquist}} – northeastern Brazil (Bahia)
* ''[[Pouteria surumuensis]]'' {{small|Baehni}} – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, northern Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia
* ''[[Pouteria synsepala]]'' {{small|Popovkin & A.D.Faria}} – northeastern Brazil (Bahia)
* ''[[Pouteria tarapotensis]]'' {{small|(Eichler ex Pierre) Baehni}} – Peru and western Bolivia
* ''[[Pouteria tarumanensis]]'' {{small|Pires}} – northern Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus)
* ''[[Pouteria tenuisepala]]'' {{small|Pires & T.D.Penn.}} – French Guiana and northern Brazil (Amapá and Pará)
* ''[[Pouteria torta]]'' <small>(Mart.) Radlk.</small> &ndash; Abiurana – southern Mexico to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil
:* subsp. ''tuberculata'' {{small|(Sleumer) T.D.Penn.}} &ndash; Red Abiorana – southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, northern Brazil, and French Guiana
* ''[[Pouteria trifida]]'' {{small|Alves-Araújo & M.Alves}} – northeastern Brazil (southeastern Bahia)
* ''[[Pouteria trigonosperma]]'' {{small|Eyma}} – Guyana and Suriname
* ''[[Pouteria trilocularis]]'' {{small|Cronquist}} – Costa Rica and Colombia, Venezuela, northern and west-central Brazil, Ecuador, and Bolivia
* ''[[Pouteria triplarifolia]]'' {{small|C.K.Allen ex T.D. Pennington}} – Costa Rica (Puntarenas)
* ''[[Pouteria ucuqui]]'' {{small|Pires & R.E.Schult.}} – southeastern Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria undulatifolia]]'' {{small|Rizzini}} – west-central Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria validinervis]]'' {{small|(Sleumer) Baehni}} – Ecuador
* ''[[Pouteria valparadisaea]]'' {{small|(Molina) ined.}} – central Chile (Valparaiso)
* ''[[Pouteria velutinicarpa]]'' {{small|Alves-Araújo & M.Alves}} – Brazil (southeastern Bahia)
* ''[[Pouteria venosa]]'' {{small|(Mart.) Baehni}} – Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, and northern, eastern, and southern Brazil
:* subsp. ''amazonica'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, and northern and eastern Brazil
* ''[[Pouteria vernicosa]]'' {{small|T.D.Penn.}} – southeastern Colombia, northern Brazil (Amazonas), and Peru (Huánuco)
* ''[[Pouteria virescens]]'' {{small|Baehni}} &ndash; asipoko – Guyana, French Guiana, and northern Brazil (Amazonas)
* ''[[Pouteria viridis]]'' <small>(Pittier) Cronquist</small> – southern Mexico (Veracruz and Chiapas) to Costa Rica.
* ''[[Pouteria williamii]]'' {{small|(Aubrév. & Pellegr.) T.D.Penn.}} – Colombia (Amazonas), northern Brazil (Amazonas), and French Guiana
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=== Formerly placed here ===
* ''[[Aningeria adolfi-friederici]]'' (as ''P. adolfi-friederici'')
* ''[[Aningeria altissima]]'' (as ''P. altissima'')
* ''[[Aningeria pseudoracemosa]]'' (as ''P. pseudoracemosa'')
* ''[[Chromolucuma congestifolia]]'' (as ''P. congestifolia'')
* ''[[Englerophytum magalismontanum]]'' (as ''P. magalismontana'')
* ''[[Pichonia daenikeri]]'' (as ''P. daenikeri'')
* ''[[Planchonella australis]]'' (as ''P. australis'')
* ''[[Planchonella contermina]]'' (as ''P. contermina'')
* ''[[Planchonella costata]]'' (as ''P. costata'')
* ''[[Planchonella eerwah]]'' (as ''P. eerwah'')
* ''[[Planchonella kaalaensis]]'' (as ''P. kaalaensis'')
* ''[[Planchonella myrsinoides]]'' (as ''P. myrsinoides'')
* [[Planchonella myrsinifolia subsp. howeana|''Planchonella myrsinifolia'' subsp. ''howeana'']] (as ''P. howeana'')
* ''[[Planchonella maclayana]]'' (as ''P. maclayana'')
* ''[[Planchonella malaccensis]]'' (as ''P. malaccensis'')
* ''[[Planchonella obovata]]'' (as ''P. obovata'')
* ''[[Planchonella sandwicensis]]'' (as ''P. sandwicensis'')
* ''[[Pleioluma balansana]]'' (as ''P. brevipedicellata'')
* ''[[Synsepalum dulcificum]]'' (miracle fruit, as ''P. dulcifica'')
=== Synonyms ===
Due to the uncertainty regarding its actual content, the number of [[synonym (botany)|synonym]]s of ''Pouteria'' is massive. ''[[Plants of the World Online]]'' currently treats the following genera as synonyms.<ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30005062-2 ''Pouteria'' Aubl.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 7 June 2023.</ref>
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* ''Barylucuma'' <small>Ducke (1925)</small>
* ''Caleatia'' <small>Mart. ex Steud. (1841), pro syn.</small>
* ''Caramuri'' <small>Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1961)</small>
* ''Chaetocarpus'' <small>Schreb. (1789), nom. rej.</small>
* ''Discoluma'' <small>Baill. (1891)</small>
* ''Eglerodendron'' <small>Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1962)</small>
* ''Englerella'' <small>Pierre (1891)</small>
* ''Eremoluma'' <small>Baill. (1891)</small>
* ''Franchetella'' <small>Pierre (1890)</small>
* ''Gayella'' <small>Pierre (1890)</small><!-- a valid genus in zoology; do not make this a redirect -->
* ''Gomphiluma'' <small>Baill. (1891)</small>
* ''Guapeba'' <small>Gomes (1812)</small>
* ''Guapebeira'' <small>Gomes (1803)</small>
* ''Ichthyophora'' <small>Baehni (1964)</small>
* ''Krugella'' <small>Pierre (1891)</small>
* ''Labatia'' <small>Sw. (1788), nom. cons.</small>
* ''Leioluma'' <small>Baill. (1891)</small>
* ''Lucuma'' <small>Molina (1782)</small>
* ''Microluma'' <small>Baill. (1891)</small>
* ''Myrtiluma'' <small>Baill. (1891)</small>
* ''Nemaluma'' <small>Baill. (1891)</small>
* ''Neolabatia'' <small>Aubrév. (1972), nom. illeg.</small>
* ''Neoxythece'' <small>Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1961)</small>
* ''Oxythece'' <small>Miq. (1863), nom. illeg.</small>
* ''Paralabatia'' <small>Pierre (1890)</small>
* ''Peteniodendron'' <small>Lundell (1976)</small>
* ''Piresodendron'' <small>Aubrév. ex Le Thomas (1983)</small>
* ''Podoluma'' <small>Baill. (1891)</small>
* ''Prozetia'' <small>Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.</small>
* ''Pseudocladia'' <small>Pierre (1891)</small>
* ''Pseudolabatia'' <small>Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1962)</small>
* ''Pseudoxythece'' <small>Aubrév. (1972)</small>
* ''Radlkoferella'' <small>Pierre (1890)</small>
* ''Richardella'' <small>Pierre (1890)</small>
* ''Sandwithiodoxa'' <small>Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1962)</small>
* ''Syzygiopsis'' <small>Ducke (1925)</small>
* ''Urbanella'' <small>Pierre (1890)</small><!-- a valid genus in zoology; do not make this a redirect -->
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The following genera are sometimes included in ''Pouteria''.<ref name = usda2009/> Their current treatment by ''[[Plants of the World Online]]'' is included here.
* ''Achradelpha'' <small>O.F.Cook</small> – synonym of ''[[Manilkara]]''
* ''Albertisiella'' <small>Pierre ex Aubrév.</small> – synonym of ''[[Planchonella]]''
* ''[[Aningeria]]'' <small>Aubrév. & Pellegr.</small> – accepted genus
* ''Beauvisagea'' <small>Pierre</small> – synonym of ''Planchonella''
* ''Beccariella'' <small>Pierre</small> – synonym of ''[[Pleioluma]]''<ref>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36670-1 ''Beccariella'' Pierre]. ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 6 June 2023.</ref>
* ''Beccarimnia'' <small>Pierre ex Koord.</small>
* ''Blabea'' <small>Baehni</small>
* ''Blabeia'' <small>Baehni</small> – synonym of ''Planchonella''
* ''Boerlagella'' <small>Cogn.</small> - synonym of ''Planchonella''
* ''Bureavella'' <small>Pierre</small> – synonym of ''Planchonella''
* ''Calocarpum'' <small>Pierre</small> – synonym of ''Manilkara''
* ''Calospermum'' <small>Pierre</small> – synonym of ''Manilkara''
* ''Daphniluma'' <small>Baill.</small>
* ''Dithecoluma'' <small>Baill.</small>
* ''Fontbrunea'' <small>Pierre</small> – synonym of ''Planchonella''
* ''Hormogyne'' <small>A.DC.</small> – synonym of ''Planchonella''
* ''Iteiluma'' <small>Baill.</small> – synonym of ''Planchonella''
* ''Krausella'' <small>H.J.Lam</small> – synonym of ''Planchonella''
* ''Maesoluma'' <small>Baill.</small>
* ''[[Malacantha]]'' <small>Pierre</small> – accepted genus
* ''Myrsiniluma'' <small>Baill.</small>
* ''Ochroluma'' <small>Baill.</small>
* ''Peuceluma'' <small>Baill.</small> – synonym of ''Planchonella''
* ''[[Planchonella]]'' <small>Pierre</small> - accepted genus
* ''[[Pleioluma]]'' <small>(Baill.) Baehni</small> – accepted genus
* ''Poissonella'' <small>Pierre</small> – synonym of ''Planchonella''
* ''Pyriluma'' <small>(Baill.) Aubrév.</small> – synonym of ''Planchonella''
* ''[[Sersalisia]]'' <small>R.Br.</small> - accepted genus
* ''Siderocarpus'' <small>Pierre</small> – synonym of ''Planchonella''
* ''[[Van-royena]]'' <small>Aubrév.</small> – accepted genus
* ''Woikoia'' <small>Baehni</small>
* ''Wokoia'' <small>Baehni</small> – synonym of ''[[Pichonia]]''
== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
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* {{aut|[[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA)}} (1996): [[Germplasm Resources Information Network]] &ndash; [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?9808 ''Pouteria'']. Version of 2009-Mar-31. Retrieved 2009-Nov-15.
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