Manilkara chicle

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| genus = Manilkara

| species = chicle

| authority = (Pittier) GillyTrop. 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}}

| synonyms = Achras chicle Pittier
Mopania chicle (Pittier) Lundell

: list sources :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)
nomenclatural synonym: Sapotaceae Mopania chicle
nomenclatural synonym: Sapotaceae Manilkara chicle |work=IPNI |accessdate=December 25, 2009}}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}}

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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.{{GRIN | accessdate = 14 January 2018}} It yields a natural gum known as chicle, traditionally used in making chewing gum and other products.