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Chrysophyllum
Chrysophyllum is a genus of mostly tropical trees in the Sapotaceae family, native to the Americas, that can grow rapidly to 10 to 20 m or more. The entry covers the genus broadly, and care depends on the species, so the notes below are general for the trees it contains.
Chrysophyllum is a group of trees in the Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.
The genus is native to the tropical Americas, from Mexico to northern Argentina, including the Caribbean. One species, C. oliviforme, extends north to southern Florida.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chrysophyllum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
