Mimusops elengi

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• Description
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Family Sapotaceae

Trees or shrubs , usually producing latex. Leaves spirally arranged or alternate and distichous, rarely ± opposite, sometimes crowded at apex of branchlets ; stipules early deciduous or absent; leaf blade papery or leathery, margin entire. Flowers bisexual or unisexual , usually in sessile axillary clusters , rarely solitary; cluster pedunculate or in raceme-like inflorescence, bracteolate . Calyx a single whorl of usually 4--6 sepals, or 2 whorls each with 2--4 sepals. Corolla lobes as many to 2 X as many as sepals, usually entire, rarely with 2 lacerate or lobular appendages . Stamens inserted at corolla base or at throat of corolla tube , as many as and opposite corolla lobes to many and in 2 or 3 whorls; staminodes when present alternate with stamens, scaly to petal-like. Ovary superior, 4- or 5-locular, placentation axillary; ovules 1 per locule, anatropous . Style 1, often apically lobed . Fruit a berry or drupe, 1- to many-seeded. Seed coat brown (pale yellow in Pouteria annamensis), hard, shiny, rich in tannin; endosperm usually oily; seed scar lateral and linear to oblong or basal and round .

About 1100 species and 53 genera: pantropical ; 11 genera and 24 species (six endemic) in China.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -169 meters (-553 feet).[2]

Biome: Coastal.

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 20-30' apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Imbricaria perroudii Montrouz. • Kaukenia elengi (L.) Kuntze • Kaukenia javensis (Burck) Kuntze • Kaukenia timorensis (Burck) Kuntze • Magnolia xerophila P. Parm. • Manilkara parvifolia (R. Br.) Dubard • Mimusops elengi var. parvifolia (R. Br.) H. J. Lam • Mimusops erythroxylon Llanos Ex Villar • Mimusops javensis Burck • Mimusops latericia Elmer • Mimusops lucida Poir. • Mimusops parvifolia R. Br. • Mimusops timorensis Burck

Notes

Publishing author : Sieber ex A.DC. Publication : Prodr. (DC.) 8: 201, 207 1844 [mid Mar 1844]

Similar Species

Members of the genus Mimusops

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

M. balata (Assapookoo) · M. elengi (Bakul)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 25, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Release date: November 27, 2009

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2669999
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-128461
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14264449
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:787919-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 24452
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 505964
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 787916-1
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: MIEL4
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 50308

Footnotes

1. Shugang Li & T. D. Pennington "Sapotaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 205. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Standard Deviation = 692.710 based on 77 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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