Manilkara hexandra L.
Description:
Local name: PalaFamily: Sapotaceae Distribution: Common in scrubs of tropical India and China.Small trees latex milky, leaves coriaceous, broadly obovate, obtuse or emarginate, base cuneate, Flowers scented,6-7mm across, white, in axilary fascicles;Calyx lobes 6 glabrous, imbricate, corolla lobes 18, in 3 rows, tube short,stamens 6, staminodes short, glabrous, lanceolate bifid, staminodes sub petaloid,anthers extrorse; ovary 6 celled, hirsute, fruit an ellipsoid berry reddish-yellow,1cm long edible.Wood red and very hard.
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- Sapotaceae (milkwood family)
- Manilkara (manilkara)
- Manilkara hexandra
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