SAPOTACEJE. VI. CurysopHyLium. 
Var. B; pauciflórum (Lam. ill. no. 2473.) leaves ovate, acu- 
minated, almost glabrous on both surfaces ; flowers few together. 
Glabrous Star Apple. Clt. 1823. Tree 15 feet. 
20 C. Roxsv'naun; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous 
on both surfaces; fruit globose, 5-seeded. b. S. Native of 
Silhet, where it is called Pitakara. C. acuminàtum, Roxb. fl. ind. 
2. p. 346, but not of Lam. Leaves with parallel veins, 3-4 inches 
long. Pedicels recurved. Stigma 5-lobed. Fruit size of a small 
crab, yellow when ripe, smooth, and is greedily eaten by the na- 
tives of Silhet, although insipid ; the pulp is tolerably firm, but 
excessively clammy, adhering to the lips or knife with great 
tenacity. 
Roxburgh’s Star Apple. Tree middle-sized. 
21 C. nitipum (Meyer, esseq. p. 116.) leaves oval, drawn out 
at the apex, obtuse and emarginate, glabrous on both surfaces, 
shining above. kh. S. Native of the continent of America, 
about Essequibo, in woods. Branches terete, clothed with 
rusty, adpressed, silky tomentum, when young. Leaves 3 
inches long. Calyx tomentose, with roundish segments. Corolla 
downy : with ovate, obtuse, rather concave segments. Ovarium 
villous. Stigma crowned by 5 tubercles, full of liquid. 
Shining-leaved Star Apple. Tree. 
Cult. The species of Star Apple are grown in hot-houses, 
only for the sake of their beautiful foliage, which are either 
clothed with golden yellow, or silvery, silky, glossy down, 
beneath; for they cannot be grown for their fruit in this country, 
as they never bear until they attain to large trees. A mixture of 
sandy loam and peat is a good soil for them; and cuttings taken 
from ripened wood strike root in sand, under a hand-glass, in 
a strong moist heat. 
VII. ACHRAS (axpac, achras, the Greek name of the wild 
pear.) Lin. gen. no. 438. Schreb. no. 538. Jacq. amer. p. 
56. Juss. p, 152. R. Br. prod. p. 530. H. B. et Kunth. nov. 
gen. amer. 3. p. 239. —Sapóta, Plum. 4. Gaertn. fruct. 2. t. 104. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogiynia. Calyx 6 rarely 5- 
parted. Corolla 6-cleft. Stamens 12, 6 of which are sterile 
and scale-formed, alternating with the other 6, which are fertile. 
Ovarium 12-6-celled. Style filiform; stigma obtuse. Fruit 
12-6 seeded. Seeds or nuts compressed, bony, scraped length- 
wise in front, albuminous.—Lactescent trees; with scattered, 
coriaceous, quite entire leaves; and axillary, 1-flowered pedun- 
cles. Fruit large, edible. 
1 A. Sapora (Lin. spec. 470.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, ob- 
tuse, veinless, glabrous; flowers solitary, hexandrous; pedun- 
cles and calyxes clothed with fine tomentum ; calyx 6-parted. 
b.S. Native of South America, on the main land, within the 
tropies. About Cumana it is called Nispero. Jacq. amer. p. 57. 
t. 41. ed. pict. t. 41. Sapóta A'chras, Geertn. fruct. 2. p. 108. t. 
104. Mill. dict. no. 1. A'chras, Browne, jam. p. 200. t. 19. Loef. 
itin. p. 186.  Plenck, icon. 277. Leaves 3-4 inches long. 
Flowers white, scentless. Bark of tree full of cracks. Fruit 
elliptic or globose, bigger than a quince, covered with a thick, 
brown, scabrous rind, which, when the fruit is ripe, becomes 
tough and yellowish; the flesh is yellow, it smells well, and the 
taste is agreeable to many. 
Var. B; zapotílla (Browne and Jacq. l. c.) fruit roundish. 
5.S. Native of Jamaica, and many parts of South America. 
Sloane, hist. 2. p. 171. t. 230. p. 172. t. 169. f. 2.—Catesb. car. 
2.t. 87. Fruit about the size of an apple, when ripe of a deli- 
cious mellow flavour. The kernels of the seeds are bitter, and 
may be used occasionally in strengthening emulsions. Called 
Sapodillo tree, or small Sapota. 
Common Sapota Tree. Fl.? Clt. 1731. Tree 10 to 50 feet. 
2 A. sESSILIFLORA (Poir. ency. 6. p. 531.) leaves cuneate- 
oblong, obtuse and emarginate, coriaceous, glabrous; flowers 
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VIII. Lucuma. 
almost sessile, solitary. kh. S. Native of the Mauritius. 
Calyx rather downy. 
Sessile-flowered Sapota Tree. Tree. 
3 A.cosrA' ra (Endlicher, prod. fl. ins. norf. p. 49.) leaves 
obovate-elliptie, bluntish, ribbed; pedicels and calyxes pilose ; 
flowers pentandrous ; sterile filaments linear, subulate ; fruit 1- 
4-seeded. 5. G. Native of Norfolk Island. Bauer, ill. pl. ins. 
norf. t. 161. Fruit about the size of a walnut. 
. Ribbed-leaved Sapota. Shrub or tree. 
4 A. AUsTRA'LIs (R. Br. prod. p. 530.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 
glabrous as well as the calyxes and peduncles ; sterile filaments 
linear-subulate ; ovarium 6-celled. }.G. Native of New South 
Wales. Calyx, as well as corolla, often 5-cleft. 
Southern Sapota Tree. Fl.? Clt. 1827. Tree 20 feet? 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysophyllum, above. 
VIII. LUCU'MA (the name of one of the species in Peru.) 
Juss. gen. p. 152. Gaertn. fruct. 3. p. 129. H. B. et Kunth. 
nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 239.—A'chras species, Lin. Jacq. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 
5-cleft. Stamens 10, 5 of which are sterile and scale-formed : 
the other 5 fertile, alternating with sterile ones. Ovarium . 
10-5-celled, Fruit 1-10-seeded; nuts or seeds bony, marked 
by a large umbilical areola, without albumen.—Lactescent trees, 
with scattered quite entire coriaceous leaves; and 1-flowered 
axillary or lateral peduncles, which are either solitary or 2-3 in 
a fascicle. 
1 L. mammòsa (Gaertn. fil. fruct. 3. p. 129.) leaves obovate- 
lanceolate, and oblong, cuspidate, glabrous; flowers solitary. 
b. S. Native of South America, in many places within the 
tropics; and of many of the West India Islands, where it is also 
cultivated. A‘chras mammosa, Lin. spec. 1. p. 469.  A'chras 
Sapóta màjor, Jacq. amer. 56. t. 182. f. 19. ed. pict. p. 32. t. 
59. Sapóta mammosa, Mill. dict. no. 2. Geertn. fruct. 2. p. 104. 
About Javita it is called Johoinco.—Sloane, jam. 2. p. 124. t. 
218.—Plukn. alm. p. 39. t. 268. f. 2. A tall tree, with a 
spreading head. Leaves 1-2 feet long, shining. Flowers 
small, whitish. Sterile filaments subulate. The Mammee Sa- 
pota, or American Marmalade, is a large oval or top-shaped 
fruit, covered with a brownish, rough skin, under which is a soft 
pulp, of a russet colour, very luscious, which is called natural 
marmalade, from its likeness to marmalade of quinces. In the 
West Indies, and parts of the main land of South America, the 
tree is commonly planted in gardens for its fruit. There is a 
variety of this tree called by P. Browne, the Bully tree, or 
Nisberry Bully tree, because it generally grows the tallest of all 
the trees in the woods; its fruit is small, and the wood is 
esteemed one of the best timbers in Jamaica. 
Common or Teated Mammee Sapota. Clit. 1739. 
to 100 feet. 
2 L. Carwiro (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 701.) leaves 
obovate-lanceolate, glabrous, coriaceous ; flowers aggregate, te- 
trandrous ; calyx glabrous; fruit oval, l-seeded. h. 
Native of Peru, on the Andes. A'chras Caimito, Ruiz et Pav. fl. 
per. 3. p. 18. t. 240. A lofty tree, with a frondose head. Fruit 
softer, with a better flavour than the preceding; pulp soft, 
yellow. Corolla ovate-tubular, yellowish. Calyx 4-parted, 
fulvous. The fruit is called Caimitos, and the tree Caimito, 
in Peru. The wood is yellow, and used for various useful 
purposes. 
Caimito Mammee Sapota. Tree 50 to 100 feet. 
3 L. Boxrra'spr (Humb. mss, ex H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. 
amer. 3. p. 240.) leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, cuneated at the 
base, papery: having the nerves and veins, as well as the petioles 
and calyxes, downy. 5. S. Native of Cuba, cultivated about 
the Fai. Branchlets pilosely tomentose. Leaves 8-9 inches 
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