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Chrysophyllum cainito - Fruit - Click to enlarge!

Fruit; Bayawan, Negros Oriental, Philippines; 1/2010 © Evren Sinar

Chrysophyllum cainito - Fruit - Click to enlarge!

Fruit; Núi Cấm, Tịnh Biên, An Giang, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer

Chrysophyllum cainito - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Bayawan, Negros Oriental, Philippines; 1/2010 © Evren Sinar

Chrysophyllum cainito - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Bayawan, Negros Oriental, Philippines; 1/2010 © Evren Sinar

Chrysophyllum cainito - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Núi Cấm, Tịnh Biên, An Giang, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer

Chrysophyllum cainito - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Núi Cấm, Tịnh Biên, An Giang, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer

Chrysophyllum cainito - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Bayawan, Negros Oriental, Philippines; 1/2010 © Evren Sinar

Dataset

Identifier: 1258
Date of entry: 13.04.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Star Apple

German: Sternapfelbaum

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2625)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)

      Order: Ericales (39)

        Family: Sapotaceae (6)(family description)

          Genus: Chrysophyllum (1)

            Epithet: cainito L. (1)

Synonym: Cainito pomiferum Tussac

cainito => West Indian vernacular name for star apple

pomiferum => bearing apple-like fruits

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: tree

Flower colour: beige, white

External links

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