Manilkara kauki

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mimusops kauki, Linn. (M. dissecta, Hook. M. Hobkeri, A. DC. M. Bojeri, A. DC. Kaukenia Kauki, Kuntze). Tree, 20-35 ft., the young branches gummy, lightly pubescent: lvs. crowded at ends of branches, obovate- elliptic, or ovate, 4 in. long, long-petioled, obscurely nerved, silky-white beneath: fls. clustered on tomentose twin or solitary pedicels not exceeding the petiole; corolla 1/3 in. long, with 18 narrow acute lobes or petals, the exterior narrower; calyx-lobes 6; staminodes 6-8, lobed or serrate; stamens 6-8; ovary 6-7- celled: berry about 4seeded, to 1 in. diam., obovoid and smooth. Burma to Malaya. B.M. 3157. Cultivated in West Indies. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.