Taxon:
Manilkara bidentata (A. DC.) A. Chev. subsp. bidentata
Summary
Verified:
11/16/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
English
balata – Portuguese
balata-verdadeira – Spanish
balata común –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Pará | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Roraima | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | w. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | e. |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Pará, Roraima]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia (w.), Peru (e.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | latex/rubber | source of commercial balata, now used in dentistry, fide F Neotrop 52:61. 1990 | Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:58. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/ |
Materials | wood | source of commercial balata, now used in dentistry, fide F Neotrop 52:61. 1990 | Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:58. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/ |