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Flora - Balata

 

 

Balata

Scientific Name - Manilkara bidentata (A.DC.) Chev

Common Name - Balata

A large evergreen tree reaching heights of 50 meters. Brown with exfoliating long narrow rectangular thick flakes.

  Flower: White in colour, clustered at the end of the branches about 1cm in diameter.

Fruit: A globose berry about 3cm in diameter with dark brown seed in pulp.

 
 

 

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