Manilkara
Sign in to saveManilkara is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae. They are widespread in tropical and semitropical locations, in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, as well as various islands in the Pacific and in the Caribbean. A close relative is the genus Pouteria.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilySapotaceae
General: Manilkara is a genus of c. 80 species found in the tropical
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,106
- With media
- 391
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, NY, ASU, CAS, IBUNAM, DAV
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Belize, Madagascar, United States, Brazil, Brasil, Belice, New Zealand
Research
192 papers- Potential role of Manilkara Zapota L in treating bacterial infection.PeerJ · 2024
- Manilkara zapota "chicozapote" as a fruit source of health-beneficial bioactive compounds and its effects on chronic degenerative and infectious diseases, a review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023
- Beneficial Effects of Manilkara zapota-Derived Bioactive Compounds in the Epigenetic Program of Neurodevelopment.Nutrients · 2024
- Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen leaf water extract triggered apoptosis and activated caspase-dependent pathway in HT-29 human colorectal cancer cell line.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2019
- Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard Ameliorates Acetic Acid-induced Rat Gastric Ulcer.Journal of dietary supplements · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sapotaceae
- Image
- Cayos pict071.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Manilkara
- Commons category
- Manilkara
- topic's main category
- Category:Manilkara
- taxon common name
- 铁线子属
- this taxon is source of
- chicle
- has fruit type
- berry
- taxonomic type
- Manilkara kauki
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
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Manilkara is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae. They are widespread in tropical and semitropical locations, in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, as well as various islands in the Pacific and in the Caribbean. A close relative is the genus Pouteria.
Trees of this genus yield edible fruit, useful wood, and latex. The best-known species are M. bidentata (balatá), M. chicle (chicle) and M. zapota (sapodilla). M. hexandra is the floral emblem of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province in Thailand, where it is known as rayan. M. obovata shares the vernacular name of African pear with another completely different species, Dacryodes edulis, and neither should be confused with Baillonella toxisperma, known by the very similar name, African pearwood.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manilkara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.