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Table 1. Showing the Sources, Localities, Vernacular Names, and 



Literature References of Chicle and Chicle Adulterants in 



Mexico and Central America 



Species 



Achras sapota 

 (Chiquibul) 



A. chicle 



Calocarpiiin 

 mamosuni 



Family 

 Sapotaceae 



Sapotaceae 

 Sapotaceae 



Calocarpum 

 viride 



Sapotaceae 



Dipholis Stev- 

 enson a 



DiphoUs sali- 

 cifolia 



Bumelia Guate- 

 malensis 



Sapotaceae 

 Sapotaceae 

 Sapotaceae 



Localities and Vernacidar 

 Names 



British Honduras, Guatemala, Hon- 

 duras : zapote, chiquibuU, chicle 

 bull, croii'n gum 



Guatemala, British Honduras, Hon- 

 duras, Nicaragua, Panama : chicle 

 macho, zapote macho 



West Indies : sapote, mamee sapote, 

 marmalade fruit (English) . Mar- 

 tinique, Guadelupe : s a p o 1 1 e , 

 grosse zapottc, zapote a crcmc 

 (French). Cuba: Mamey, mamee 

 zapote (Spanish). Mexico: tsa- 

 potl (Nauhuatl), tspas Savani 

 (Zoque). Yucatan : zapote mamey 

 (Spanish), haas, chacal haas 

 (Maya). Venezuela, Colombia, 

 Ecuador : Mamey Colorado 

 (Spanish). Guatemala: Saltul 

 (Kekchi), tul-id (Pokomchi), 

 Chid (Mame), chul-td (Jacal- 

 teca). Costa Rica: bko (Cabe- 

 cara), kurok (Bribri), komkra 

 (Brunka), fin (Terraba). Pana- 

 ma: Oa-bo (Guaymi), mamey, 

 mamey de tierra. Philippine Is- 

 lands: chico-mamey (Spanish). 



Guatemala : ingerto. Costa Rica : 

 zapote, zapote bianco (Spanish). 

 Honduras : zapotillo calentnriente 

 (Spanish). Salvador: zapote in- 

 gerto (Spanish). British Hon- 

 duras : red and zvhite jaisan. Nica- 

 ragua : zapote (Spanish). Hon- 

 duras : sa/'O/iV/o (Spanish) 



British Honduras : zapote jaisan 

 (Spanish) 



Guatemala : dvalo, chaschin, acun, 

 chaxicaste 



British Honduras : Mijico, Chdchiga 



Reference in 

 Literature 



Pittier (1919) ; 

 Hummel (1925) ; 

 Record (1930) ; 

 Standley (1932) 



Pittier (1914), 

 (1926) ; Pierre, 

 (1890), (1904); 

 Sloane (1725) ; 

 Jacquim (1760, 

 1763) ; Linnaeus 

 (1763) ; Miller 

 (1768) ; Gaertner 

 (1805,1807); 

 Radlkofer (1882); 

 Cook (1913) ; 

 Standley (1925, 

 1928) ; Cook and 

 Collins (1903) ; 

 Popenoe (1920) 



Pittier (1914) ; 

 Standley (1925, 

 1932) 



Standley (1927, 



1932) 

 Standley (1927) 



Standley (1932) 



