- Family: Sapotaceae Juss.
- Genus: Manilkara Adans.
Manilkara concolor (Harv.) Gerstner
- Genus: Manilkara Adans.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Mozambique to S. Africa.
[FZ]
Sapotaceae, F. K. Kupicha. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983
- Habit
- Tree 3–12 m. tall.
- Leaves
- Leaves not clustered at or confined to branch ends, glabrous; lamina 2·5–8·5 x 1–3·5 cm elliptic, oblong–elliptic, oblong–obovate or narrowly oblong, apex very slightly to moderately emarginate, base acute; petiole 2·5–8 mm. long. Midrib slightly raised on upper leaf surface, prominent below, nerve reticulation level to quite deeply impressed on both surfaces.
- Flowers
- Flowers white or greenish–yellow, nectariferous, borne in fascicles of up to 8 flowers in leaf axils; pedicels 5–13 mm. long.
- Calyx
- Calyx 2·8–3·2 mm. long, sepals triangular to ovate.
- Corolla
- Corolla c. 4 mm. long, connate at base for c. 0·6 mm.; median segments narrowly elliptic, slender at base, lateral segments broader.
- Anthers
- Anthers 1·5 mm. long.
- Staminodes
- Staminodes triangular to dentate–acuminate, variable in size.
- Gynoecium
- Gynoecium c. 3·5 mm. long.
- Fruits
- Fruit up to 1·5 cm. in diameter, subglobose, 1–2–seeded, orange and edible when ripe.
- Seeds
- Seeds up to 11 mm. long.
Native to:
KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland
Manilkara concolor (Harv.) Gerstner appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gerrard, W.T. [1662], South Africa | K000901125 | isotype |
First published in J. S. African Bot. 14: 171 (1948)
Accepted by
- Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
- Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
Flora Zambesiaca
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