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Genus: Manilkara
Life
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Chloroplastida
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> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Order: Ericales
> Family: Sapotaceae
About 70
species, distributed in the tropics, with four species native to southern
Africa and a further species that is cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of Mozambique.
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
Manilkara zapota (Chico zapote,
Sapodilla)
Native from Mexico to Nicaragua. |
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