Eden

Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Manilkara kauki (L.) Dubard (SAPOTACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Caqui, Wongi, Sawo Kacik

Description

Medium-sized evergreen tree to 25 m tall, often with gnarled and low-branched bole. Leaves 6.5-12.5 cm long, oblong, elliptic to obovate. Flowers 1-2 cm long, white, clustered along leaf axils on twigs among the leaves. Fruits c. 3-4 cm long, ellipsoid, smooth surface, ripening orange-red to red.


Ecology

Coastal beach vegetation and monsoon forest.

Distribution

SE Asia and NE Australia.

Uses

Planted as ornamental, wood is hard and durable for carved material. Fruits are edible.