Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

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

mamey serrano, mamey colorado, mamey sapote, mamey apple, mammee sapote, marmalade fruit

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Ebenales

Family
Sapotaceae

Genus
Pouteria

Species
sapota

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Sideroxylum sapota Jacq.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2006

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987) Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17(1): i–xxx, 1–328; 18(2): i–ix, 1–672.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1990) Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. 52: 1–771.
  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pouteria sapota", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=4273. Accessed 21 June 2025.