- Family:
- Sapotaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Synsepalum (A.DC.) Daniell
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell

[FWTA]
Sapotaceae, H. Heine. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- A shrub or small tree
- Morphology Leaves
- Young leaves purplish
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits purplish.
- Note
- Often cultivated
- Vernacular
- the "Miraculous Berry".
[FWTA]
Sapotaceae, H. Heine. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- A shrub or small tree, about 25 ft. high
- Morphology Leaves
- In leaf characters much resembling a Chrysophyllum, especially C. subnudum.
Native to:
Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Trinidad-Tobago
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Dalziel, J.M. [8174], Cameroon | K000029723 | No | |||
Maitland, T.D. [0s.n.86], Cameroon | K000029724 | No | |||
Talbot, P.A. [3720], Nigeria | Synsepalum glycydora | K000430600 | Yes |
First published in Pharm. J. Trans. 11: 446 (1852)
Accepted by
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- 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.
- Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo) Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
- Santisuk, T. & Balslev, H. (eds.) (2014). Flora of Thailand 11(4): 499-666. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 1, 3: 106
- Baillon Hist. Pl. 11: 287 (1892)
- Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 23: 291 (1943).
- Engl. Monogr. Afr. 8: 32, t. 7
- in Bell Pharm. Journ. Trans. 11: 445 (1852)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo) Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
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