664.44.00 SapotaceaeEnglish: Sapodilla family; Gutta-percha family.
Botany: ± 65 genera; ± 800 species; trees and shrubs; pantropical.
Use: edible fruits, manilkara, star-apple, sapote, miracle fruit; cosmetics; medications; latex; edible oil.
Name: Zapote family; Nahuatl tzapotl.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Sapotaceae is a
Family in the
Ericales, closely related to
Pentaphylacaceae.
Sapotaceae is an unknown family, although it is quite big with 55 genera. It has many fruit trees.
IntroductionSapotaceae are not well known in homeopathy.
BodyDischarge: haemorrhages.
Fever: malaria.
Lungs: bronchitis; cough; expectoration bloody.
Heart: hypertension.
Stomach: dyspepsia; indigestion; burning; nausea.
Rectum: diarrhoea; haemorrhoids, bleeding.