LXXXVII. SAPOTACE^E. 
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superior; ovules solitary in 2 to 5 or more cells; style elongate- 
subulate (or conic). Berry fleshy. Seeds 1 to 8, brown or black, 
shining often flattened, ellipsoid with a large smooth hilum on 
one side, testa crustaceous, albuminous or exalbuminous. Species 
about 320, tropics. 
Achras sapota Linn. The Chiku is a commonly cultivated large 
bush or small tree from South America. It is also known to 
Malays as Sau-Manilla (Sau is Mimusops Kauki ); the name is a 
Malay modification of the Spanish name Sapodilla, from the 
Brazilian Sapoti. It was introduced from South America through 
Manilla. 
Sepals uniseriate, imbricate; stamens 5 to 6. 
No staminodes; flowers axillary, fascicled . 
Staminodes present; flowers axillary fascicled 
Staminodes present; flowers in panicled racemes. 
Sepals 2-seriate, outer series valvate. 
Sepals 4; seeds albuminous. 
Stamens 8 ...... 
Stamens 12 or more ...... 
Seeds exalbuminous ..... 
Sepals 6 to 8. 
No staminodes; seed exalbuminous . 
Staminodes present; seed albuminous (cult, only) 
1. Chrysofhyllum 
2 . SlDEROXYLON 
3. Sarcosperma 
4. ISONANDRA 
5. PA YEN A 
6. Bassia 
7. Palaquium 
8. Mimusops 
1 . CHKYSOPHYLLUM, Linn. 
Trees. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers small, axillary fascicled. 
Sepals 5 to 7, imbricate. Corolla 5- to 7-lobed, imbricate. Stamens 
5 to 7, opposite corolla-lobes. Ovary villous. Fruit fleshy, globose, 
5-seeded. Species about 60, nearly all American. 
Leaves deep green, coriaceous, caudate-acuminate . (1) C. Roxburghii 
Leaves paler, chartaceous, acuminate . . . (2) C. Curtisii 
(1) C. Roxburghii Don. Syst. iv. 33; King, l.c. 158. 
A medium-sized bushy tree 40 to 60 ft. tall; branchlets red- 
pubescent. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, abruptly blunt, caudate- 
acuminate, coriaceous, dark shining green, base cuneate; nerves 
very fine and numerous, parallel; 4*5 to 6 in. long, 1-25 to 1*5 in. 
wide; petioles *i in. long or less, pubescent. Flowers small white 
in axillary fascicles; pedicels -i in. long, pubescent. Sepals 5, 
ovate. Corolla tubular campanulate, -x in. long; lobes 5, edges 
ciliate. Stamens 5, opposite corolla-lobes, insert on tube base. 
Ovary round, 5-lobed, surrounded by red hairs. Fruit yellow, 
5-lobed, tomentose when young pulpy laticiferous, 1 to 1-5 in. 
long. Seeds *6 in. long, flattened, outer edge curved; inner flat, 
bright brown. Hab. Forests. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Bukit 
Timah. Malacca, Pringit (Griffith). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. Native 
names : Kayu Malukut; Poko Pulut-Pulut. 
(2) C, Curtisii King and Gamble, l.c. 159. 
Small tree. Leaves chartaceous lanceolate-acuminate both 
ends, glabrous shining; nerves indistinct about 6 pairs; 2 to 3 in. 
Fl.M.P., 2. S 
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