Sapotaceae
Wild balata
Micropholis guyanensis
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Genus
- Micropholis
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Micropholis guyanensisSapotaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Wild balata
Synonyms
- Chrysophyllum acuminatum Poir.
- Chrysophyllum discolor Walp. & Duchass. ex Pierre
- Chrysophyllum melinonii Engl.
- Mastichodendron williamsii (Baehni) Baehni ex Bernardi
- Micropholis achradoformis Pierre
- Micropholis balata Pierre
- Micropholis chrysophylloides Pierre
- Micropholis chrysophylloides var. truncata Pierre
- Micropholis cowanii Aubrév.
- Micropholis cruegeriana Pierre
- Micropholis curvata (Pierre) Pierre & Urb.
- Micropholis cyrtobotrya (Mart. ex Miq.) Baill.
- Micropholis discolor Pierre
- Micropholis dominicensis Pierre
- Micropholis eggersiana Pierre
- Micropholis grandifolia Pierre
- Micropholis guyanensis subsp. duckeana (Baehni) T.D.Penn.
- Micropholis guyanensis subsp. guyanensis
- Micropholis imrayana Pierre
- Micropholis portoricensis Pierre
- Micropholis portoricensis var. curvata Pierre
- Micropholis portoricensis var. mesuifolia Pierre
- Micropholis rosadinha-brava Aubrév. & Pellegr.
- Micropholis rufa (Mart. & Eichler) Pierre
- Micropholis truncata Pierre
- Planchonella melinonii (Engl.) Baehni
- Pouteria achradoformis (Pierre) Baehni
- Pouteria aeranea Baehni
- Pouteria balata (Pierre ex Urb) Baehni
- Pouteria bopiensis Baehni
- Pouteria chrysophylloides (Pierre) Stehlé
- Pouteria cruegeriana (Pierre) Baehni
- Pouteria cyrtobotrya (Mart. ex Miq.) Baehni
- Pouteria discolor (Pierre) Stehlé
- Pouteria dominicensis (Pierre) Stehlé
- Pouteria duckeana Baehni
- Pouteria melinonii (Engl.) Baehni
- Pouteria piresii Baehni
- Pouteria rufa (Mart. & Eichler ex Miq.) Baehni
- Pouteria silvicola Baehni
and 7 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.