Manilkara

The generic name, Manilkara, is derived from the Malayalam word manil-kara, a vernacular name for M. kauki; it combines Manil from Manilha, the Portuguese name of Manila in the Philippines, and kara meaning "fruit". == Species ==

, India Species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of December 2022: • Manilkara adolfi-friederici • Manilkara bequaertii • Manilkara bidentata • Manilkara boivinii • Manilkara bolivarensis • Manilkara butugi • Manilkara capuronii • Manilkara casteelsii • Manilkara cavalcantei • Manilkara celebica • Manilkara chicle • Manilkara concolor • Manilkara dardanoi • Manilkara dawei • Manilkara decrescens • Manilkara discolor • Manilkara dissecta • Manilkara doeringii • Manilkara dukensis • Manilkara elata • Manilkara excelsa • Manilkara excisa • Manilkara fasciculata • Manilkara fischeri • Manilkara fouilloyana • Manilkara frondosa • Manilkara gonavensis • Manilkara hexandra • Manilkara hoshinoi • Manilkara huberi • Manilkara ilendensis • Manilkara inundata • Manilkara jaimiqui • Manilkara kanosiensis • Manilkara kauki • Manilkara koechlinii • Manilkara kribensis • Manilkara kurziana • Manilkara letestui • Manilkara letouzeyi • Manilkara littoralis • Manilkara longifolia • Manilkara longistyla • Manilkara lososiana • Manilkara mabokeensis • Manilkara maxima • Manilkara mayarensis • Manilkara microphylla • Manilkara mochisia • Manilkara multifida • Manilkara nicholsonii • Manilkara obovata • Manilkara paraensis • Manilkara pellegriniana • Manilkara perrieri • Manilkara pleeana • Manilkara pobeguinii • Manilkara pubicarpa • Manilkara roxburghiana • Manilkara rufula • Manilkara sahafarensis • Manilkara salzmannii • Manilkara samoensis • Manilkara sansibarensis • Manilkara seretii • Manilkara sideroxylon • Manilkara smithiana • Manilkara spectabilis • Manilkara staminodella • Manilkara suarezensis • Manilkara subsericea • Manilkara sulcata • Manilkara sylvestris • Manilkara triflora • Manilkara udoido • Manilkara valenzuelana • Manilkara vitiensis • Manilkara zapota • Manilkara zenkeri Several species are endangered due to overexploitation and habitat destruction. M. gonavensis of Haiti and M. spectabilis of Costa Rica are almost extinct. ==References==