Black Apple Family : SAPOTACEAE (DILLENIIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Chrysophyllum cainito Star Apple Magnetic Island, August 2009 Photos : courtesy of Donald Simpson

Manilkara zapota Sapodilla Magnetic Island, May 2011 Photos : courtesy of Donald Simpson

Mimusops elengi Red Coondoo Magnetic Island, May 2011 Photos : courtesy of Donald Simpson

Planchonella obovata Boxwood Wyee, August 2008

Pouteria campechiana Canistel Royal Botanic Gardens, February 2009

Sersalisia sericea Australian Wild Prune Magnetic Island, January 2011 Photos : courtesy of Donald Simpson

A number of caterpillars of Butterflies and Moths in Australia feed on plants in SAPOTACEAE including:

Graphium choredon

Achaea eusciasta

Eustixis sapotearum

Netria viridescens

Banisia myrsusalis

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 5 January 2024)