Manilkara jaimiqui subsp. emarginata (L.) Cronquist

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Subspecies

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Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, to 10 m. Leaves: petiole 12-25 mm; blade ovate to oblong or oblong-elliptic, 50-106 × 30-50 mm, base rounded or truncate, margins sinuate and somewhat revolute, apex retuse (older leaves often split on pressed specimens), surfaces glabrous or sparsely tomentose abaxially, glabrous adaxially. Inflorescences 2-5-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary. Pedicels 10-25 mm, puberulous or glabrous. Flowers: sepals elliptic-lanceolate, 4-8 mm, apex acute to obtuse, tomentose to subglabrate; petals yellow, divided to base into larger median and 2 lateral segments, lobes 6-7 mm, median segment boat-shaped, clawed, lateral segments lanceolate to falcate, glabrous, corolla 4-9 mm, tube 1-2 mm (shorter than lobes); staminodes triangular-lanceolate; ovary appressed-puberulous. Berries depressed-globose, 25-40 mm, surface roughened, scaly; pedicels conspicuously enlarged distally. Seeds 3-5, 14-18 mm.
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A tree. It grows 10 m high. It has a compact crown. It has milky sap. The leaves are tough and leathery. They are bluish-green. The flowers are bell shaped. They are light yellow and nodding. They have stout flower stalks. The fruit have long stems. The fruit are rounded and slightly flattened.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Environment

A tropical plant.
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Usage

Uses gum medicinal tea wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Flu (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Sore (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Manilkara jaimiqui subsp. emarginata world distribution map, present in Bahamas and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:152611-2
WFO ID wfo-0000235892
COL ID 5JJC8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Manilkara emarginata Mimusops emarginata Mimusops parvifolia Achras bahamensis Sloanea emarginata Manilkara bahamensis Mimusops bahamensis Mimusops depressa Mimusops floridana Achras emarginata Manilkara jaimiqui subsp. emarginata Achras zapotilla var. parvifolia Sapota achras var. depressa Manilkara parvifolia Manilkara emarginata subsp. typica