Manilkara zapota(English)

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Sapodilla

Other names: Chiku
Scientific name: Manilkara zapota
Alternative scientific name:
Family: Sapotaceae
Habit: Small tree
Habitat: Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of Central America. Planted and grown in tropical regions.
Special features: Fruit tree. Sapota is widely cultivated as a commercial crop.
Environmental importance:
Uses:
  • The delicious fruit is a storehouse of vitamins and minerals.
  • The polyphenols contained in the tannin in the fruit can reduce acidity. 
  • It has anti-parasitic, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial properties, so it can prevent stomach infections and inflammation, and reduce constipation and gas. 
  • Antioxidants prevent cancer.
  • Chewing gum is made from the bark.
Tree

Bark

Leaf

Flower
Fruits
Seeds

Collecting wood chips to make chewing gum
Making of chewing gum

Chewing Gum

Timber

KERALA FOREST AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
KOATTAYAM-DIVISION


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