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Manilkara zapota (L.) Royen

[ Family : Sapotaceae ]
[ Synonyms : Achradelpha mammosa O. F. Cook ; Achras breviloba (Gilly) Lundell ; Achras paludosa Lundell ; Achras sapota L.; Achras zapota L.; Achras zapotilla (Jacq.) Nutt. ; Manilkara achras (Mill.) Fosberg.; Manilkara breviloba Gilly ; Manilkara striata Gilly ; Manilkara zapotilla (Jacq.) Gilly ; Mimusops grisebachii Pierre ; Sapota achras Mill.; Sapota zapotilla (Jacq.) Coville ex Safford ]
[ Common name (Local) : Sabeda, Chiku, Sapota ]
Name in other Languages :
  • Bengali : Sabeda | Sanskrit : Not available yet | Hindi : Safeda, Chiku | Tribal : Not available yet | English : Gum chikle, Sapota, Sapodilla plum, Tree potato | Other Languages : Shima ellulopai (Mal.) ; Chappotta, Chimaiyiluppai (Tam.) ; Chikku, Chikali (Mar.)
    • [ Trade Name : Safeda ]
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Plant Characteristics :
Habit : Small to medium-sized tree
Habitat & Ecology : Terestrial, Grows well in dry, shady places
Occurrence : Planted more or less through out the state

Status : Common
Botanical Character : Tree, young parts often rusty tomentose, rows of lacticiferous sacs in the bark, pith, cortex and leaves. Leaves close on top of branches, alternate, simple, entire, oblong, base cuneate, apex acute. Flowers axillary, small, solitary, usually pendulus, pedunle thickened at top. Sepals in two whorles of 3, ovate, densely hairy. Corolla white, tubular-campanulate, divided almost halfway down into 6 lobes. Stamens 6, staminodes 6 . Fruit- berry, ellipsoid globose or depressed globose, brown. Seeds 4-6, shining black-brown.

Cultivation and Growth :
Flowering & Fruiting : Almost throughout the year
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Soil Character : Sandy,sandy loam soil
Climate : Tropical
Propagules : Seeds, Stem cuttings (Gutee)
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Bark, Fruit, Seed

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Remarks
Native of the West Indies

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