Planchonella Pierre

Genus

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae

Characteristics

Trees or shrubs. Branchlets pubescent but glabrescent. Leaves alternate or opposite, sometimes closely clustered at end of branchlets or with flowers on dwarf shoots. Flowers bisexual or seldom unisexual, solitary or several in axillary clusters, usually bracteate, (4-or)5(or 6)-merous. Calyx 5-lobed with a short tube, sepals imbricate or twisted. Corolla glabrous, rarely outside pubescent. Stamens 5, inserted in throat and opposite corolla lobes; staminodes petal-like, alternate to corolla lobes. Disk absent or cup-shaped, ringlike, usually pubescent. Ovary (4-or)5(or 6)-locular. Fruit a berry, sometimes woody, 1--6-seeded. Seeds compressed ellipsoid; scar narrowly oblong and lateral.
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Calyx-lobes (4)-5; petals, stamens and staminodes (4)-5; seed with long, narrow, ventral scar. Genus of ∞ spp. of eastern Asia, Malaysia and Pacific Ocean Is. The N.Z sp. possibly endemic, but very closely related to P. costata of Norfolk Id and P. vitiensis of Fiji.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Planchonella world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Thailand, Tonga, Taiwan, Province of China, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331860-2
WFO ID wfo-4000030030
COL ID 8W2H3
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Synonyms

Krausella Planchonella

Lower taxons

Planchonella baillonii Planchonella boninensis Planchonella brevipes Planchonella chartacea Planchonella chrysophylloides Planchonella clemensii Planchonella contermina Planchonella costata Planchonella cotinifolia Planchonella crassinervia Planchonella cyclopensis Planchonella kaalaensis Planchonella lifuana Planchonella longipetiolata Planchonella macropoda Planchonella membranacea Planchonella micronesica Planchonella mindanaensis Planchonella myrsinoides Planchonella nebulicola Planchonella pinifolia Planchonella pyrulifera Planchonella reticulata Planchonella schlechteri Planchonella thyrsoidea Planchonella torricellensis Planchonella velutina Planchonella rheophytopsis Planchonella sandwicensis Planchonella laetevirens Planchonella amieuana Planchonella annamensis Planchonella anteridifera Planchonella arnhemica Planchonella australis Planchonella calcarea Planchonella duclitan Planchonella eerwah Planchonella endlicheri Planchonella erringtonii Planchonella euphlebia Planchonella firma Planchonella forbesii Planchonella garberi Planchonella grandifolia Planchonella grayana Planchonella guillauminii Planchonella howeana Planchonella kaernbachiana Planchonella kaniensis Planchonella keyensis Planchonella kuebiniensis Planchonella lamii Planchonella lauracea Planchonella obovata Planchonella saligna Planchonella sessilis Planchonella skottsbergii Planchonella sphaerocarpa Planchonella suboppositifolia Planchonella sussu Planchonella thiensis Planchonella vitiensis Planchonella vrieseana Planchonella wakere Planchonella yunnanensis Planchonella maingayi Planchonella umbonata Planchonella aneityensis Planchonella koumaciensis Planchonella peekelii Planchonella smithii Planchonella tahitensis Planchonella crenata Planchonella glauca Planchonella latihila Planchonella luteocostata Planchonella rufocostata Planchonella xylocarpa Planchonella cauliflora Planchonella ericiflora Planchonella asterocarpon Planchonella mandjeliana Planchonella myrsinifolia Planchonella myrsinodendron Planchonella povilana Planchonella roseoloba Planchonella dothioensis Planchonella ulfii Planchonella garcinioides Planchonella maclayana Planchonella macrantha Planchonella malaccensis Planchonella menait Planchonella orkor Planchonella paucinervia Planchonella polyneura Planchonella pullenii Planchonella ridsdalei Planchonella stellibacca Planchonella villamilii Planchonella whitmorei Planchonella tenuipes Planchonella papuanica Planchonella leptostylidifolia Planchonella microphylla Planchonella petaloides Planchonella pohlmaniana Planchonella pronyensis Planchonella minutiflora Planchonella cinerea