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SAPOTACEAE

SAPOTACEAE. Current Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Tree for Flowering Plants. Sapotaceae, ERICALES. ERICALES. SAPOTACEAE white latex close-set secondaries malpighian hairs little white flowers connate corollas with appendages stamens adnate stamens = and opposite OR

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SAPOTACEAE

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  1. SAPOTACEAE

  2. Current Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Tree for Flowering Plants Sapotaceae, ERICALES

  3. ERICALES

  4. SAPOTACEAE • white latex • close-set secondaries • malpighian hairs • little white flowers • connate corollas with appendages • stamens adnate • stamens = and opposite OR • several times corolla lobes • potato-skin fruits

  5. Manilkara

  6. Pouteria sapota, Belize

  7. Chrysophyllum, Belize

  8. Chrysophyllum

  9. Dipholis, Florida

  10. Mimusops

  11. Gutta percha - from Palaquium of SE Asia Cable insulation, golf-ball cores, etc Isoprene structure of the latex

  12. Omphalocarpum The fruit is dispersed by elephants, which are attracted to the tree by the smell of garlic. They are the only animals capable of crushing the thick shell. But the seeds, which are protected by hard nodules on the inner side of the shell, remain unharmed. In other parts of Africa where poaching has eliminated elephants, the trees cannot reproduce.

  13. Micropholis seeds, passed by monkeys, are buried by dung beetles with the feces. Seed survival is increased.

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