Pouteria sapota, the mamey sapote, is a species of tree native to Mexico and Central America. The tree is also cultivated in the Caribbean. Its fruit is eaten in many Latin American countries. The fruit is made into foods such as milkshakes and ice cream. Some of its names in Latin American countries, such as (Cuba),Ecured - Mamey colorado (Costa Rica) and (South America), refer to the reddish colour of its flesh to distinguish it from the unrelated but similar-looking Mammea americana, whose fruit is usually called "yellow mamey" ().Ecured - Mamey amarillo The Australian and Queensland governments' research and development programs have grown mamey sapote in Australia.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Pouteria sapota across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
🍽 Used in cookingFruits
Compound class profile5 classes
Aminoacids67
Glycerophospholipids57
Cinnamic acids and derivatives30
Purine nucleos(t)ides26
Monosaccharides25
Documented compounds5 599 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Sugars
20,140 mg/100g
FooDB
D-Mannose
8,010 mg/100g
FooDB
D-Fructose
7,660 mg/100g
FooDB
α-D-galactose
6,330 mg/100g
FooDB
Sucrose
4,090 mg/100g
FooDB
Potassium
454 mg/100g
FooDB
Maltose
380 mg/100g
FooDB
L-Serine
195 mg/100g
FooDB
L-Glutamic acid
147 mg/100g
FooDB
L-Aspartic acid
147 mg/100g
FooDB
05DNA & barcoding2 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Pouteria sapota has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections2
Countries1
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★rbcLa
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type975 records
Wild obs. + sensor323
Museum / vouchered629
Cultivated / captive23
Origin
Native2
Introduced2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 204 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy76% within 1 km
≤100 m 128≤1 km 46≤10 km 34>10 km 20
228 georeferenced · 95 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor323
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy96% within 1 km
≤100 m 299≤1 km 13≤10 km 11>10 km 2
325 georeferenced · 304 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence629
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 1
1 georeferenced · 22 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living23
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions35 of 65 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chapingo, MX
177
Saint Louis, US
102
Durango, MX
70
Mexico City, MX
55
Kew, GB
28
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
20
Mexico City, MX
12
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
8
South Kensington, GB
8
Mérida, MX
8
Bronx, US
7
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
7
Berlin, DE
6
Tapachula, MX
6
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
6
Toluca, MX
6
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
5
Ciudad de México, MX
4
León, NI
4
Edinburgh, GB
3
MEXUlocation not on record
3
Chicago, US
3
OTSlocation not on record
3
Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record
2
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
2
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
2
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
2
Davis, US
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Austin, US
2
Autlán de Navarro, MX
2
Altos de Pipe, VE
2
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
2
Puerto Ayora, EC
2
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
2
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
2
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
2
UNESP-FCAVlocation not on record
1
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
1
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
1
Porto Velho, BR
1
Montecillo, Texcoco, MX
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
1
Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Solid Waste Managementlocation not on record
1
JBRJlocation not on record
1
UFAClocation not on record
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Riverside, US
1
Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Cochabamba, BO
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record
1
Gump Stationlocation not on record
1
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
1
UFBAlocation not on record
1
St. Augustine, TT
1
BMlocation not on record
1
University of Zhejianglocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Tepatitlán de Morelos, MX
1
QCNElocation not on record
1
65 institutions · 608 of 629 vouchered records shown · 21 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Pouteria sapota was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median27.3 °C 27.0–27.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter5.30 °C
Max temp (day)32.5 °C 32.1–32.9
Min temp (night)22.9 °C
Precipitation116 mm/mo 102–130
Air humidity62.7 % 61.9–63.6
Moisture balance-45.8 mm/mo -61.6–-30.0
Vapour deficit1,350 Pa 1,302–1,399
Wind speed1.90 m/s 1.70–2.00
Cloud cover24.1 % 20.0–28.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility975 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗