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Sapotaceae

plant family

Also known as: sapodilla family

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In Ericales: Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae is a largely tropical family of evergreen trees and shrubs. There are 53 genera and about 1,100 species in the family, but generic limits in the family are notoriously difficult and changeable. Pouteria (200–305 species, including the former genus Planchonella), Chrysophyllum (80 species),…
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