| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Sapotaceae |
| Synonym | Isonandra perrotiana A.DC. |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 15 m high, bark blackish; blaze pink; exudation white; branches short, sympodial. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, estipulate; petiole 6-12 mm, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 4-6.5 x 1.2-3.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate or obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse to acuminate, margin entire, recurved, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 4-7 pairs, pinnate, regular, arched towards margin, raised beneath; intercostae subscalariform. Flowers bisexual, cream, from the leafless nodes; pedicels 1 mm long, pubescent; calyx lobes 4, 2-3 mm long, triangular, obtuse; corolla lobes 4, rounded, 2-3 mm, tube short; stamens 8, subequal, attached near the base of corolla; filaments erect; anthers hairy; ovary 4-celled, villous without, 1 mm long; style short, 1 mm long; stigma truncate. Fruit a berry, 8 x 4 mm, oblong; seeds ellipsoid, laterally compressed. |