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page 1Sapotaceae genera
Vitellaria paradoxa
Vitellaria paradoxa (formerly Butyrospermum parkii), commonly known as shea tree, shi tree (, also ), or vitellaria, is a tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is the only species in the genus Vitellaria, and is indigenous to Africa.
Manilkara
Manilkara is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae. They are widespread in tropical and semitropical locations, in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, as well as various islands in the Pacific and in the Caribbean. A close relative is the genus Pouteria.

Sideroxylon
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Sideroxylon is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (sideros), meaning "iron", and ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood."

Chrysophyllum
Chrysophyllum is a group of trees in the Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.

Mimusops
Mimusops is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.

Pouteria
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 green sapote (P. viridis), the mamey sapote (P. sapota), and the abiu (P. caimito). Commonly, this genus is known as pouteria trees.
Palaquium
Palaquium is a genus of about 120 species of trees in the family Sapotaceae. Their range is from India across Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australasia, to the western Pacific Islands.
Synsepalum
Synsepalum is a genus of trees and shrubs in the chicle family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1852.

Madhuca
Madhuca is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1791.

Sarcosperma
Sarcosperma is a genus of trees or shrubs in the family Sapotaceae. Their range is from India to southern China and Malesia.
Vitellariopsis
Vitellariopsis is a group of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1915. The genus is native to eastern and southern Africa.

Payena
Payena is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1844. It is native to Southeast Asia.
Tieghemella
Tieghemella is a genus of the plant family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1890. The wood of Tieghemella species is known as makore in the lumber trade. The wood provides high chatoyance, with an average value above 20 PZC.
Englerophytum
Englerophytum is a group of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.
Eberhardtia
Eberhardtia is a genus of plant in the Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1920.
Xantolis
Xantolis is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1838.
Pradosia
Pradosia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1872.
Planchonella
Planchonella is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. Named in honour of Jules Émile Planchon, it was described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre. It contains around 110 mainly tropical species, which range from Pakistan through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to northern and eastern Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. The genus is included in the larger genus Pouteria by some authorities, hence species such as Planchonella australis are also known as Pouteria australis.
Aulandra
Aulandra is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae endemic to Borneo. the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 3 species:
Labramia
Labramia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1844. De Candolle initially named the genus Delastrea, which is a homonym for an older fungus name by Tulasne, so De Candolle changed the name to Labramia in the appendix to the same book.
Neolemonniera
Neolemonniera is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1918.
Gluema
Gluema is a genus of plant in family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1935.
Burckella
Burckella is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1890. It is named for the Dutch botanist William Burck.

Capurodendron
Capurodendron is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described by André Aubréville in 1962.
Micropholis
Micropholis is genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae, described in 1891.
Inhambanella
Inhambanella is a group of trees in the Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1915.
Labourdonnaisia
Labourdonnaisia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, which was described as a genus in 1841. It is native to the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion in the western Indian Ocean.
Pycnandra
Pycnandra is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1876.
Pichonia
Pichonia is a group of trees in the Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1890.
Tridesmostemon
Tridesmostemon is a genus of the plant family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1905.
Diploknema
Diploknema is a genus of plant in the Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1884.
Lecomtedoxa
Lecomtedoxa is a genus of plant in family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.
Elaeoluma
Elaeoluma is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1891.
Sarcaulus
Sarcaulus is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1882.
Isonandra
Isonandra is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae found in tropical Asia, described as a genus in 1840.
Omphalocarpum
Omphalocarpum (common name navel fruit) is a genus of plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae. It was first described in 1800 by Palisot de Beauvois. The genus is native to tropical Africa.
Chromolucuma
Chromolucuma is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described in 1925.
Magodendron
Magodendron is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae.

Niemeyera
Niemeyera is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1870. The entire genus is endemic to Australia (States of Queensland and New South Wales). Its closest relative is Pycnandra from New Caledonia.
Delpydora
Delpydora is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1897 .
Ecclinusa
Ecclinusa is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1839.
Aubregrinia
Aubregrinia is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1935.

Baillonella
Baillonella is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae. Baillonella toxisperma (also called African pearwood, djave nut, or moabi) is the only species in the genus. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The moabi tree's nut oil is a key component of Baka and other indigenous people's subsistence.
Sersalisia
Sersalisia is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1810.
Neohemsleya
Neohemsleya is a genus of plant in family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1991.
Breviea
Breviea is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae described in 1935.
Amorphospermum
Amorphospermum is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1870.
Autranella
Autranella is a genus of plant in family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1917.
Letestua
Letestua is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1917.
Van-royena
Van-royena is a monotypic genus (a genus that contains only one species) in the plant family Sapotaceae. The sole species is Van-royena castanosperma, commonly known as milky plum, yellow plum, saffron boxwood or poison plum, which is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is an understorey tree of rainforest, first described in 1919.
Diploon
Diploon is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1946.