Pouteria is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel, the mamey sapote, and the lucuma. Commonly, this genus is known as pouteria trees, or in some cases, eggfruits.
Pouteria
Fruits of P. ramiflora
The Sapotaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to the order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in around 65 genera. Their distribution is pantropical.
Image: Pouteria sapota marmalade tree desc leaf cluster from DC1
Image: Pouteria sapota La Havane
Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia in Narsapur, Medak district, India