Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Sapotaceae | Genus: Manilkara | Species: Manilkara zapota (Linn.) P. Royen |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Achras zapota Linn., Achras sapota Linn. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Chiku , Chikoo | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Chico Sapote, Sapodilla Plum, Noseberry, Sapota, Chikoo | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Chiku | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 1200 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit an ovoid to globular berry with a rough brown skin, containing 1-12 shining, brown or black seeds (frequently 5), surrounded by a brownish, sweet, juicy, scented flesh. |
| Habitat | Tropical and sub-tropical | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Mexico | Bark Details | The bark of the tree contains a white gummy latex called the chicle. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Butterfly Park , Sector 42 | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Whorled (leaves in groups of 3 or more along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Trees up to 18 m high in the open but reaching 30 m when crowded in a forest. Leaves spirally arranged and clustered at the shoot tips, simple, elliptic or oblong, apex obtuse to shortly acuminate; coriaceous. Flowers greenish, solitary, cyathiform or campanulate, with a brown pubescent peduncle; 6 sepals, 6 corolla lobes. Fruit an ovoid to globular berry with a rough brown skin, containing 1-12 shining, brown or black seeds (frequently 5), surrounded by a brownish, sweet, juicy, scented flesh. | Leaf Details | Leaves spirally arranged and clustered at the shoot tips, simple, elliptic or oblong, apex obtuse to shortly acuminate; coriaceous. |
