Niemeyera antiloga (F.Muell.) T.D.Penn.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Niemeyera

Characteristics

A tree. Young stems and buds have rusty hairs. The bark is greyish-brown and smooth or with fine cracks. It has milky sap. The leaves are simple and alternate. They are entire and narrowly oval. They are 4-13 cm long. The flowers are small and creamy-green and in clusters. They are in the axils of leaves or on leafless small branches. The fruit are round and 3-5 cm across. They are bluish-black when ripe. They have one seed.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in wetter rainforest and along gullies.
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962740-1
WFO ID wfo-0000251862
COL ID 6RXS8
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Synonyms

Niemeyera antiloga Lucuma amorphosperma Lucuma antiloga