Manilkara Adanson (1763: 166

Völtz, Rafael R., Alves-Araújo, Anderson & Goldenberg, Renato, 2020, Native Species of Sapotaceae Juss. in Paraná, Brazil, Phytotaxa 430 (4), pp. 224-276 : 243

4. Manilkara Adanson (1763: 166 , 574).

Canopy to emergent tree, unarmed. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate and spirally arranged, clustered at the stem apex; 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 2 whorls of 3 sepals, free, valvate; corolla rotate, glabrous, tube shorter than the lobes, lobes 6, divided to the base into 3 segments, margin entire; stamens 6, fixed at the top of corolla tube, exserted; staminodes 6, bifid or variously divided; ovary 6–10-locular, glabrous. Fruit bacoid, 1–2- seeded, smooth, glabrous, indehiscent. Seeds ellipsoid, laterally compressed, testa smooth, shining; scar basi-ventral, narrow, covering up to half of the seed length.