Manilkara zapota, Chiku, Sappota, Naseberry, സപ്പോട്ട, ചിക്കു

Family: Sapotaceae
Vernacular names: Chiku, Sappota, സപ്പോട്ട, ചിക്കു (Malayalam), Naseberry (English), Chappotai (Tamil)
Distribution: Native of South America; widely cultivated in the tropics.
Description: Small trees. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered towards the apex of branchlets. Flowers bisexual, white, solitary or in pairs from the axils of upper leaves. Fruit a berry, ovoid or ellipsoid; seeds many, black.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Cultivated
Flowering & Fruiting: February-June

Parts used: Fruits and bark
Properties & Uses: Fruit is used to treat biliousness and febrile attacks. Seeds are aperient and diuretic. Bark is febrifuge, antipyretic, diuretic and used to treat diarrhoea and paludism.
Systems of Medicines: Folk,
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