#Sapotaceae Mimusops laurifolia اللبخ، اللبخ العملاق من #النباتات_الأصيلة وتعتبر من #أضخم_وأجمل #الأشجار_المعمرة في المملكة العربية السعودية، ترتفع لأكثر من 30 متر. #Native @GBIF #Flora_of_Saudi_Arabia #Saudi_Biodiversity #Green_thumb #اللهم_صل_وسلم__على_نبينا_محمد

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The first #phylogenomic study using #TargetCapture sequencing of the #Isonandreae tribe in #Sapotaceae reveals the need for further research into species #circumscriptions! Read more below 👇 academic.oup.com/botlinnean/art… @xaxapezzini @LinneanSociety @OUPAcademic

Lucuma kossmanniae, a new name for Pouteria kossmanniae (#Sapotaceae, Chrysophylloideae) phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/vie… #Taxonomy

#Targetcapture sequencing for #phylogenomic and population studies in the Southeast Asian genus #Palaquium (#Sapotaceae) by @xaxapezzini @BurslemDavidFRP @Scaphium and others - in @BotJLinnSoc doi.org/10.1093/botlin…

Essa fruta é linda demais #sucessovital #odivanvelasco #pradosia #Sapotaceae #frutodocerrado #guapeva #fruit youtu.be/EXgkBwTQQ84

There are many useful species of #Sapotaceae. Timber, latex & seed oils are harvested from various species. Edible fruits include sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), canistel (Pouteria campechiana) and this one, cainito or star fruit (Chrysophyllum cainito). #TropicalBotany

These are miracle fruits, the fruits of Synsepalum dulcificum. They taste bland but contain a protein, miraculin, that affects our taste buds to make sour foods taste sweet. #Sapotaceae #TBT #TropicalBotany x.com/scott_zona/sta…

🌴Scott Zona, Ph.D.🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social @Scott_Zona

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These are miracle fruits, the fruits of Synsepalum dulcificum. They taste bland but contain a protein, miraculin, that affects our taste buds to make sour foods taste sweet. #Sapotaceae #TBT #TropicalBotany x.com/scott_zona/sta…

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Although our SE USA #Sapotaceae are shrubs or, at best, small trees, there are species in the tropics that are impressive rainforest giants. I was much taken by the buttress #roots of this Planchonella malaccensis in #Malaysia. Chee Beng Jin provided scale. #TropicalBotany

Sideroxylon, a genus of 80+ species, is widespread in the tropics and subtropics of Africa, Asia, & the Americas. There are 11 taxa native to the SE USA, including this one, Sideroxylon tenax. #Sapotaceae

The leaves of Chrysophyllum cainito show two more features of Sapotaceae: 1. The leaf undersides and twigs are covered with brown, T-shaped hairs. 2. Conduplicate ptyxis of the leaf in bud. #Sapotaceae #TropicalBotany

Pouteria campechiana (📷: Walter S. Judd) shows two features typical of Sapotaceae. 1. Flowers have stigmas that protrude from the bud. 2. Seeds are brown with a very large, pale hilum. Not visible: milky latex. #Sapotaceae #TropicalBotany

Hegnauer, in his Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen, suggested that the original material of Lucuma mammosa was misidentified and was, in fact, Pouteria sapota. Lucumin was isolated from that sp by Takeda (1997). I want to test more #Sapotaceae seeds! (3/3) bit.ly/3ISYNaT

Oh, and here’s another thing about the seeds of Manilkara zapota (#Sapotaceae): They are said to be cyanogenic! The cyanogenic glycoside is closely related to prunasin and is called lucubin (named after Lucuma mammosa, a synonym of M. zapota) but… (1/3) #cyanide #HCN

The seeds of Manilkara zapota are hard and flattened, ca. 20 mm (longest dimension) but only ca. 6.5 mm thick. Each seed has a spine-like projection from the hilum and a short hook on the caruncle. 2/6 #seed #Sapotaceae #Manilkara #dispersal

The fleshy fruits of Manilkara zapota (sapodilla; #Sapotaceae) are consumed by various birds, bats & large mammals, which disperse the seeds. See Thompson et al. (2015) (DOI 10.1007/s11295-015-0867-9) & refs therein. A thread on #seed #dispersal. 🧵1/6

Pradosia argentea (#Sapotaceae) rediscovered in 2018. The tree had not been seen since the original collection by A. von Humboldt. Always great to learn that a species is still extant, but now it must be protected.

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Pradosia argentea (#Sapotaceae) rediscovered in 2018. The tree had not been seen since the original collection by A. von Humboldt. Always great to learn that a species is still extant, but now it must be protected.

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