Plants Profile for Chrysophyllum cainito (star apple)

General Information
Symbol:	CHCA10
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Sapotaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Tree
Native Status:	PB I PR N VI I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

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NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
CHBI5	Chrysophyllum bicolor Poir.	star apple
CHEG	Chrysophyllum eggersii Pierre
CYBI2	Cynodendron bicolor (Poir.) Baehni

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ebenales
Family	Sapotaceae – Sapodilla family
Genus	Chrysophyllum L. – chrysophyllum
Species	Chrysophyllum cainito L. – star apple

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Chrysophyllum cainito star apple This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
HEAR	USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status