Sapotaceae Manilkara bidentata A.DC.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Places where this species can be found :

• Morne Gazo - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Tree to 35m, cylindrical; bark dark, fissured, red within, with only low, thick butresses; Lvs clustered at twig tips, 5-12cm long in sun, rounded or notched at tip; Many straight closely parallel lateral nerves. 3-12 flowers together. Corolla tube shorter than the (6) lobes, each lobes with 2 petal-like attachments. One seed per fruit. Fruit c. 4 x 2.5cm.

Interest
Manilkara is a plant name from Malabar.

Specimen information

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, D.Jules

Specimen Number
729

Location
Mt. Gazo forest reserve.

Notes
Slash pale pinkish-orange, thick, chunky fibrous with large (taller than wide) lenticels forming slight fissures.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.020000 N   Longitude: 61.430000 W   Altitude: 0.0