Plant Details

Accepted name:: Casimiroa edulis La Llave [Rutaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
casimiroa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cochilsapote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cochitzapotl	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
matasano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexican-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pomme mexicaine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sapote blanche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sapoti	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vit sapote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
weiße sapote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white sapote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zapote blanco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
zapóte blanco	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots		Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
leaves		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
leaves		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Casimiroa sapota Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1857: 187 (1857).
Zanthoxylum araliaceum Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 32(I): 274 (1859).
Casimiroa edulis f. microcarpa Martínez Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 22: 54 (1951).
Casimiroa sapota f. comitana Martínez Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 22: 65 (1951).
Casimiroa sapota f. costarricensis Martínez Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 22: 61 (1951).
Casimiroa sapota f. glabrata Martínez Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 22: 59 (1951).
Casimiroa sapota f. jaliscana Martínez Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 22: 60 (1951).
Casimiroa sapota f. macrocarpa Martínez Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 22: 59 (1951).
Casimiroa sapota f. ovandoensis Martínez Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 22: 72 (1951).
Casimiroa sapota f. salvadorensis Martínez Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. México, Bot. 22: 76 (1951).
Casimiroa sapota var. villosa Quiroz, Calvo & Martínez Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 22: 69 (1951).
Fagara bombacifolia (A.Rich.) Krug & Urb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 567 (1896).
Zanthoxylum bombacifolium A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Phys. Cuba, Pl. Vasc.: 329 (1841).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Casimiroa edulis La Llav. & Lex.	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
Casimiroa edulis La Llave	Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Casimiroa edulis La Llave & Lex.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Casimiroa edulis LaLlave et Lex.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Casimiroa edulis Llave & Lex.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Casimiroa sapota	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Casimiroa sapota Oerst.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Casmiroa edulis La Llave	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Zanthoxylum araliaceum	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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