6386.010 Manilkara Adans.

Description of the genus

Trees and shrubs, with leaves in terminal rosette-like clusters. Stipules 0 or soon caducous. Flowers long-pedicellate, borne in axils of current and recently fallen leaves. Sepals 6 in two dissimilar whorls of three. Corolla of six deeply 3-lobed petals joined in a tube at the base. Anthers relatively small (c.1.5 mm). Staminodes glabrous.

Worldwide: c.50 species, pantropical

Mozambique: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
concolor (Harv.) Gerstner	GI,M	Description, Image
discolor (Sond.) J.H. Hemsl.	N,Z,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
mochisia (Baker) Dubard	Z,T,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
sansibarensis (Engl.) Dubard	N	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Manilkara
Flora of Burundi: Manilkara
Flora of Caprivi: Manilkara
Flora of Malawi: Manilkara
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Manilkara
Flora of Zambia: Manilkara
Flora of Zimbabwe: Manilkara

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Manilkara
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Manilkara
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Manilkara
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Manilkara
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iNaturalist: Manilkara
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Manilkara
JSTOR Plant Science: Manilkara
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Manilkara
Plants of the World Online: Manilkara
Tropicos: Manilkara
Wikipedia: Manilkara