Planchonella

Planchonella is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. Named in honour of Jules Émile Planchon, it was described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre. It contains around 110 mainly tropical species, which range from Pakistan through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to northern and eastern Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. The genus is included in the larger genus Pouteria by some authorities, hence species such as Planchonella australis are also known as Pouteria australis.

==Selected species== Planchonella australis (R.Br.) Pierre Planchonella contermina Pierre ex Dubard Planchonella costata (Endl.) Pierre – tawāpou, bastard ironwood Planchonella cotinifolia (A.DC.) Dubard Planchonella crenata Munzinger & Swenson Planchonella eerwah (F.M.Bailey) P.Royen Planchonella glauca Swenson & Munzinger Planchonella kaalaensis Aubrév. Planchonella latihila Munzinger & Swenson Planchonella luteocostata Munzinger & Swenson Planchonella maclayana (F.Muell.) Swenson Planchonella mandjeliana Munzinger & Swenson Planchonella myrsinifolia (F.Muell.) Swenson, Bartish & Munzinger Planchonella myrsinoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) S.T.Blake ex Francis Planchonella pinifolia (Baill.) Dubard Planchonella pomifera (Pierre ex Baill.) Dubard Planchonella povilana Swenson & Munzinger Planchonella reticulata (Baill.) Pierre ex Dubard Planchonella roseoloba Munzinger & Swenson Planchonella rufocostata Munzinger & Swenson Planchonella spectabilis (Miq.) Dubard Planchonella torricellensis (K.Schum.) H.J.Lam Planchonella tahitensis (Nadeaud) Pierre ex Dubard