Payena lucida A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Payena

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 40 m tall. The trunk can be 65 cm across. The sap is white. The leaves are alternate and simple. The flowers are 1 cm across. They are white and in clusters in the axils of leaves. The fruit are 2 cm long. It is green and fleshy.
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 40.0
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Environment

Lowland forest, evergreen forest and edges of deciduous forest, sometimes in sheltered gullies and limestone hills; at elevations up to 550 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in mixed dipterocarp forest up to 200 m above sea level.
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Usage

Uses food invertebrate food material medicinal timber wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Parturition (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
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Conservation status

Payena lucida threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:788510-1
WFO ID wfo-0000266083
COL ID 767RX
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Synonyms

Payena glabra Payena glutinosa Payena lucida Isonandra puberula Madhuca lowiana Madhuca lucida Payena griffithii Payena paralleloneura Payena puberula Ceratophorus wightii Hapaloceras wightii Isonandra polyandra Payena lowiana Payena lucida Payena polyandra Payena punctata Payena dasyphylla var. glabrata Payena lucida var. wightii Mimusops lucida Keratephorus wightii