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Manilkara longifolia

Manilkara longifolia
Photo: Alex Popovkin from Brazil, CC BY 2.0

Manilkara longifolia, known as masseranduba, is a large tropical rainforest tree from southeastern Brazil, grown mainly for its timber and latex rather than as an ornamental. It is threatened in the wild by habitat loss, and it is rarely cultivated outside its native range.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist while young and water during dry spells; tolerates seasonal rainfall once established.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic to neutral loam.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Brazil (SE. Bahia, Espírito Santo)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Manilkara longifolia, commonly known as masseranduba, is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Brazil, where it is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Manilkara plants

Bullytrees · Bulletwood · Manilkara bolivarensis · Manilkara cavalcantei · Chicle · Manilkara dardanoi · Manilkara decrescens · Manilkara elata · Manilkara excelsa · Manilkara excisa · Gonâve Island Bullytree · Ceylon Ironwood

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Manilkara longifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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