Sapotaceae
Manilkara

Manilkara bidentata (A.DC.) A.Chev.

First published in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 12: 270 (1932)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

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
[UNAL]

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
[UPFC]

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
[CPLC]

Uses

Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Use
A source of balata rubber and a substitute for chicle, is native to Central and South America and has also been tried at Amani (Greenway 2801 !).
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0