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|accepted_name=Chrysophyllum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 192. 1753
|year=1753
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|title=Gen. Pl.
|place=5, 88. 1754 ,
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|common_names=Cainito
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Sapotaceae;Chrysophyllum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Sapotaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Chrysophyllum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek chrysos, gold, and phyllon, leaf
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 233
|treatment_page=page 245
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees.</b> Stems unarmed, densely hairy to glabrate. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, alternate; stipules absent; petiole present; blade: base cuneate to rounded, apex acute to acuminate [rounded or emarginate], surfaces densely hairy [glabrous] abaxially, usually glabrous adaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> fascicles or solitary flowers. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 4–5[–6] in 1 whorl, imbricate, abaxially densely hairy; petals (4–)5(–6)[–8], greenish white or greenish yellow, sericeous adaxially, lobes undivided, equaling or shorter than [exceeding] corolla tube; stamens 4–5[–8], distinct; staminodes absent [present]; pistil 3–5(–6)[–12]-carpellate; ovary 3–6[–12]-locular, densely hairy; placentation axile. <b>Berries</b> purple to black [yellow, orange, red, brown, green], ellipsoid to ovoid, glabrous [hairy]. <b>Seeds</b> 1[–5], brown, laterally compressed; hilum narrowly ovate to obovate; embryo vertical; endosperm present. <b>x</b> = [12, 13, 14,] 26.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Australia;nearly worldwide in tropics and subtropics.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 70 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Most species of <i>Chrysophyllum</i> are located in the Neotropics. Species with edible fruits are numerous; C. africanum A. de Candolle, the “odara pear” or “African star apple,” is sold commercially. <i>Chrysophyllum</i> cainito Linnaeus, the star-apple, is cultivated for its foliage and fruit in south Florida. The star-apple is distinguished by having larger (3 cm in diameter), several-seeded fruits. Other species have valuable woods that are used in various ways.</p>
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name=Chrysophyllum
|author=Richard P. Wunderlin;R. David Whetstone
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Sapotaceae
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Australia;nearly worldwide in tropics and subtropics.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl.
|publication year=1753;
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|genus=Chrysophyllum
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