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Sapotaceae
Manilkara pellegriniana Tisser. & Sillans
Nomenclature
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Family: SapotaceaeGenus: ManilkaraSpecies: Manilkara pellegriniana
SUMMARY
Protologue: Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Colon. 33: 558 1953.
Tree to 20m tall; slash unknown. Stipules persistent. Leaves alternate, simple, clustered at leaf tips, oblanceolate; apex obtuse-rounded with very small sub-triangular acumin; base acute. Secondary venation closely spaced (<10mm) parallel, barely visible, forming continuous sub-marginal loops; tertiary venation parallel-reticulate, barely visible. Abaxial surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences below terminal leaf clusters. Calyx up to 7mm long, pubescent. Corolla characters not available. Stamens and staminodes 2.5-3mm long. Ovary 12-locular. Fruit characters unknown.