| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Sapotaceae |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 8 m high, bark brown; branchlets stout; sympodial. Leaves simple, alternate-spiral, estipulate; petiole 5-8 mm long, stout, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 4-9 x 2-5 cm, obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse or obtusely acute or slightly emarginate, margin entire, revolute, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, regular, raised beneath; intercostae obscure. Flowers bisexual, yellow, from the leafless nodes, fascicled, sessile; bracts and bracteoles minute, obtuse; calyx lobes 4, 2 x 2 mm, ovate, obtuse, hairy outside; corolla 5 mm long, lobes 4, oblong, emarginate, curved in; stamens 8, subequal, attached near the base of corolla; anthers oblong, acute; ovary 4-celled, superior, tomentose; style linear. |