Manilkara kauki

Manilkara kauki
Fruits and foliage
Leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Manilkara
Species:
M. kauki
Binomial name
Manilkara kauki
(L.) Dubard
Synonyms
  • Kaukenia kauki (L.) Kuntze
  • Mimusops browniana (A.DC.) Benth
  • Mimusops kauki L. (basionym)
  • Mimusops manilkara G.Don
  • Manilkara kaukii (lapsus)

Manilkara kauki is a plant in the subfamily Sapotoideae, and the tribe Sapoteae of the family Sapotaceae; and is the type species for the genus Manilkara. It occurs in tropical Asia from Indo-China (Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam) to Malesia (Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea); and also in northern Queensland in Australia.

It is rarely planted commercially but as an ornamental plant.:41,50