''Sarcosperma'' is a genus of trees or shrubs in the family
Sapotaceae
240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India
The Sapotaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology), order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of ev ...
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Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1876. Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita /auctoribus G. Bentham et J.D. Hooker. 2: 651, 655
/ref>[ Their range is from ]India
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to southern China and Malesia
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Description
The leaves are well-spaced along twigs. Flowers are bisexual, with a funnel-shaped corolla
Corolla may refer to:
*Corolla (botany), the petals of a flower, considered as a unit
*Toyota Corolla, an automobile model name
* Corolla (headgear), an ancient headdress in the form of a circlet or crown
* ''Corolla'' (gastropod), a genus of moll ...
. Fruits are one or two-seeded. ''Sarcosperma'' habitats are forests from sea-level to about altitude.[
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Species
;Accepted species[
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References
Sapotaceae genera
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