Diploon Cronquist (1946: 466)

Völtz, Rafael R., Alves-Araújo, Anderson & Goldenberg, Renato, 2020, Native Species of Sapotaceae Juss. in Paraná, Brazil, Phytotaxa 430 (4), pp. 224-276 : 241

2. Diploon Cronquist (1946: 466) .

Canopy tree, unarmed. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate and distichous, spaced; venation brochidodromous, secondary veins straight, parallel, intramarginal vein present, intersecondaries long, interspersed among the secondaries and parallel to them, often extending to the margin, tertiary veins ramified, parallel to the secondaries and intersecondaries and descending from the margin (admedial), quaternary veins inconspicuous. Inflorescences axillary. Flowers androgynous; calyx in a single whorl of 5 sepals, free, valvate; corolla rotate, glabrous, tube shorter than the lobes, lobes 5, undivided, margin entire; stamens 5, fixed at the top of corolla tube, exserted; staminodes absent; ovary 1-locular, glabrous. Fruit bacoid, 1-seeded, smooth, glabrous, indehiscent. Seeds broadly ellipsoid, not laterally compressed, testa smooth, shining; scar basal, broad, covering up to one third of the length.