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Manilkara hexandra (PROSEA)

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:Protologue: Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 9 (1915).

== Synonyms ==

''Manilkara'' ''emarginata'' H.J. Lam (1925).

== Vernacular names ==

*Cambodia: kes
*Thailand: ket
*Vietnam: găng néo.

== Distribution ==

Eastern India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Hainan.

== Uses ==

The timber is used for construction and turnery. The fruits are edible.

== Observations ==

A medium-sized tree, up to 20 m tall, but sometimes much larger, with bole up to 50 cm in diameter; leaves more or less clustered at apex of twigs, glabrous; flower buds ovoid, pedicels not incrassate, calyx up to 4.5 mm long, ovary with a shallow, glabrous disk; fruit ovoid to subglobose, up to 1.5 cm long. ''M.'' ''hexandra'' occurs in dry, deciduous forest. See also the table on wood properties.

== Selected sources ==

102, 641, 731.


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