EcoFlora - Manilkara

Manilkara
Family: Sapotaceae Media not available	FNA Resources Richard P. Wunderlin, R. David Whetstone in Flora of North America (vol. 8) Shrubs or trees. Stems not armed, tomentose or glabrous. Leaves persistent, alternate; stipules present or absent; petiole present; blade: base rounded to cuneate, apex retuse to acuminate, surfaces hairy or glabrous. Inflorescences fascicles or solitary flowers. Flowers: sepals 6 in 2 whorls of 3, outer valvate, darker, abaxially densely hairy; petals 6[-9], white or yellow, glabrous or sparsely hairy, lobes undivided, shorter than or exceeding corolla tube; stamens 6[-12], distinct [basally connate with staminodes]; staminodes [absent or 1-]6[-12], alternate with stamens, erect or incurved, petaloid, triangular-lanceolate, glabrous or hairy; pistil 5-12 [-14]-carpellate; ovary 5-12[-14]-locular, glabrous or hairy; placentation axile or basiventral. Berries brown [yellow-green, orange, red, black, or purple], ellipsoid or depressed-globose to subglobose, glabrous. Seeds [1-]2-10, brown, laterally compressed; hilum linear; embryo vertical; endosperm present. x = [12,] 13. Species of Manilkara are used as sources of latex for nonelastic rubber. The wood is dense and hard, useful for bridge pilings (fresh water), wheel spokes, posts, railroad ties, etc. Seed extracts have been used as antihelminthics and in ophthalmics.
Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora \|\| << 1 - 50 taxa >> Manilkara adolfi-friedericii Media not available Map not Available Manilkara albescens Media not available Map not Available Manilkara aubrevillei Media not available Map not Available Manilkara bahamensis Map not Available Manilkara bequaertii Media not available Map not Available Manilkara bidentata Map not Available Manilkara butugii Media not available Map not Available Manilkara casteelsii Media not available Map not Available Manilkara chicle Map not Available Manilkara concolor Media not available Map not Available Manilkara dawei Media not available Map not Available Manilkara decrescens Map not Available Manilkara discolor Map not Available Manilkara dissecta Map not Available Manilkara doeringii Media not available Map not Available Manilkara dukensis Media not available Map not Available Manilkara duplicata Media not available Map not Available Manilkara fasciculata Media not available Map not Available Manilkara fischeri Media not available Map not Available Manilkara fouilloyana Media not available Map not Available Manilkara frondosa Media not available Map not Available Manilkara gonavensis Map not Available Manilkara hexandra Map not Available Manilkara huberi Map not Available Manilkara ilendensis Media not available Map not Available Manilkara inundata Map not Available Manilkara jaimiqui Map not Available Manilkara kauki Map not Available Manilkara koechlinii Media not available Map not Available Manilkara kribensis Media not available Map not Available Manilkara letestui Media not available Map not Available Manilkara longistyla Media not available Map not Available Manilkara lososiana Media not available Map not Available Manilkara mabokeensis Media not available Map not Available Manilkara mayarensis Media not available Map not Available Manilkara microphylla Media not available Map not Available Manilkara mochisia Map not Available Manilkara nitida Media not available Map not Available Manilkara obovata Map not Available Manilkara paraensis Map not Available Manilkara pellegriniana Media not available Map not Available Manilkara perrieri Map not Available Manilkara pleeana Media not available Map not Available Manilkara pobeguinii Media not available Map not Available Manilkara remotifolia Media not available Map not Available Manilkara roxburghiana Map not Available Manilkara rufula Map not Available Manilkara salzmannii Map not Available Manilkara sansibarensis Map not Available Manilkara seretii Media not available Map not Available