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- Sapotaceous - a. - Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceae) of (mostly tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree (Isonandra), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or sapota, after which the order is named.
- Mahwa tree - - An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit.
- Isonandra - n. - A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is the principal source of gutta-percha.
- Lucuma - n. - An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.
- Shea tree - - An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree.
- Sideroxylon - n. - A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.