- Family:
- Sapotaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Manilkara Adans.
Manilkara bidentata (A.DC.) A.Chev.

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- balata, balata roja, balato, caimito, caimo, caimo colorao, caucho rey, chicle, falsa balata, masarandi, masarandua, nisperillo, níspero, palo de chicle, purgo, quinilla, trapichero, yugo de charapa
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Guiana Shield, Pacific. Elevation range: 15–240 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Caquetá, Chocó, Guainía, Guaviare, Nariño, Santander, Valle del Cauca, Vaupés.
- Habit
- Tree.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Balata, Balata roja, Balato, Caimito, Caimo, Caimo colorao, Caucho rey, Chicle, Falsa balata, Masarandi, Masarandua, Nisperillo, Níspero, Palo de chicle
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 15 - 240 m.; Amazonia, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Árbol
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.
Manilkara bidentata (A.DC.) A.Chev. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Pennington, T.D. [12404], Peru | 54398.000 | No | |||
Sothers, C. [16], Brazil | 54677.000 | No | |||
Sothers, C. [738], Brazil | 54678.000 | No | |||
Sothers, C. [17], Brazil | 54682.000 | No | |||
Sothers, C. [4125], Brazil | 54684.000 | No | |||
Sothers, C. [1847], Brazil | 54685.000 | No | |||
Sothers, C. [3207], Brazil | 54689.000 | No | |||
Sothers, C. [1039], Brazil | 55623.000 | No |
First published in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 12: 270 (1932)
Accepted by
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- 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.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
Literature
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Nombres comunes de las plantas de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/es/
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