400 
sed West Indian Bull. ix. 1909, Calocarpum mammosum, 
Pierre 8 
riri eben by seeds. The tree is cultivated — Brasil: 
The tree appears to take m "add years to develop. Lunan dis ort 
of them, being forty or fifty years, as they say, before they bear." 
Acunas, Linn. 
Achras Sapota, a ; Sp. PL Ed. ni. p. 470. 
A iree 30—40 ft. hi ae sometimes 100 ft. high (Harris, Ms: 
Indian Bull. ix. 1909. 5 . 309) ; with a trunk up to 3 ft. in diam 
Leaves cblong-lanceolate, blunt at both ends, 34 in d 
petioles 8-12 lin. long. owers white. Fruit a berry, brown or 
brownish-yellow, firm fleshed, about 2-3 in. in diam., apex blunt 
pointed, broader and flatter at the base. Seed black, about 1 in. 
long, 1 in. across the centre. 
Ill.—Sloane, Voy. Jamaica, n. t. 230 CMM ilii eio); 
Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, Florida and Baha 87 
nang pan etc. p E Jamaica, £ 19.1. 3 era freta 
41; 
Tos Ant. E >. Desc. xi iv. t. 259; Dict. Sc. Nat. t. 61; 
Bot. Mag. tt. 3111, 3112; Drapiez, Herb. Amat. des Fleurs, vi. 
t. 434; Spach, Suites (Hist. Nat. des Végétaux), t. 187; Schnizlein, 
Ic. t. 158; Mart. FI. TE vii. tt. 22, 29, f. 1 ABC Aura); 
E ta 
nac names. ae e Chico (Mexico, Ramirez); Chictzapotl 
(Mores. Finck); Rispero (Honduras, Zerrera); 
Thompson); Nispero Tarno (Venezuela, Mus. Kew).—— Sapo- 
dilla, Sapodilla Plum, Naseberry, La Sapotille, Bullytree, Gum 
Chicle tree, Milk Apple. 
Native of the West Indies and Mexico. Cultivated in many 
warm countries.. West Africa, West Indies, Lese Guiana, 
Central America, Straits Settlements, India, Philippine 
The fruit is edible—described as one of the most delicately 
flavoured and wholesome fruits grown, Jamaica (Kew. Bull. 1888, 
p. 179). It is said to stand transport well, especially if picked 
when full and somewhat green. Fruits have been Poi suc- 
cessfully from Demerara to the English market (l.c. 
The wood is very durable and suitable for cu muus 
but difficult to work on account of its extreme hardness (Harris, 
Timb. Jamaica, West Indian Bull. ix. 1909, p. 309). Weight 
74 lb. per cubic ft. (l.c.). Specimen in Museum, Kew, has sp. 
gr. 1-012 = 63-25 Ib. per cubie ft. 
An extract known as “ Chicle Gum ” or ** Sapodilla Gum” is 
. obtained e the tree—leaves, fruit and pet it is an important 
