{{Short description|Species of tree}} {{speciesbox | image = Sapodilla big.jpg | genus = Manilkara | species = chicle | authority = (Pittier) Gilly<ref name=ipni1>''Trop. Woods'' no. 73: 14. 1943 {{ cite web |url=http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=C2CDD17854C13F81AEE2ABA353BCB0D6?id=152591-2 |title=Plant Name Details for ''Manilkara chicle'' |quote=nomenclatural synonym: Sapotaceae ''Achras chicle''|work=IPNI |accessdate=December 25, 2009}}</ref> | synonyms = ''Achras chicle'' <small>Pittier</small><br>''Mopania chicle'' <small>(Pittier) Lundell</small> : list sources :<ref name=ipni1/><ref name=ipni2>''J. Wash. Acad. Sci.'' 9: 436. 1919 {{ cite web |url=http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=2415-2 |title=Plant Name Details for ''Achras chicle'' |quote=Distribution: Vega Grande, near Los Amates, Izabal (Guatemala, Central America, Southern America)<br>nomenclatural synonym: Sapotaceae ''Mopania chicle''<br>nomenclatural synonym: Sapotaceae ''Manilkara chicle'' |work=IPNI |accessdate=December 25, 2009}}</ref><ref name=ipni3>''Wrightia'' 6: 19. 1978 {{ cite web |url=http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=164209-2 |title=Plant Name Details for ''Mopania chicle'' |quote=nomenclatural synonym: Sapotaceae ''Achras chicle'' |work=IPNI |accessdate=December 25, 2009}}</ref> }}
'''''Manilkara chicle''''' is a tropical evergreen tree native to Mexico and Central America. The tree ranges from Veracruz in Mexico south to Atlántico in Colombia.<ref>{{GRIN | accessdate = 14 January 2018}}</ref> It yields a natural gum known as chicle, traditionally used in making chewing gum and other products.
==See also== * ''Manilkara zapota'', the sapodilla tree
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chicle Category:Plants described in 1919 Category:Trees of Northern America