Taxon: Manilkara chicle (Pittier) Gilly

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Economic importance:

• Human food: gum/mucilage   (used as an adulterant of chicle fide F Guat)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide F Guat)
  

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Western South America: Colombia - Atlantico

References:

• Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85.
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae.
• Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:70–72.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Manilkara chicle.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Manilkara chicle.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Manilkara chicle.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Achras chicle Pittier (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Manilkara chicle (Pittier) Gilly:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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