Herbarium JCB

Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard

Family : SAPOTACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Sapotaceae
Species : Manilkara hexandra
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard
Common name : Obtuse-leaved mimusops
Vernacular name : Khirni, Raajaadanah (San.); Kirani mara, Kariyani mara, Bakula, Kiranimara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : CJS 8878, Ritchie 1829
Key identification features : A large tree. Leaves are broadly ovate, obtuse to emarginate at apex, cuneate at base and glabrous. Flowers are pale-yellow, axillary, fascicled on slender curved peduncles. Sepals are ovate, pubescent outside. Corolla-tube is very short, main lobes are elliptic, lateral segments are linear-lanceolate. Staminodes are shorter than filaments of stamens, bifid. Berry is ellipsoid and smooth. Seed is solitary.
Habit : Tree
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara