✿Sapotaceae · Chrysophyllum
Chrysophyllum lanceolatum
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- January-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Chrysophyllum lanceolatum
- Genus
- Chrysophyllum
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Indomalaysia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Meghalaya, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Puducherry, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Bihar, Punjab, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Haryana, Jharkhand, Manipur, Nagaland
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chrysophyllum lanceolatum itself; the rest are typical of the Sapotaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Sapotaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Chrysophyllum lanceolatum
A member of the Sapotaceae family, Chrysophyllum lanceolatum is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 29 other states. It grows in dry deciduous and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to May.
Botanical family
Sapotaceae
Sapodilla/Chicle family
Chrysophyllum lanceolatum belongs to the Sapotaceae family.
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