Sapotaceae
Manilkara bidentata subsp. surinamensis
Manilkara bidentata subsp. surinamensis
Also known as Mimusops longiciliata, Mimusops balata var. domingensis, Mimusops domingensis, Manilkara surinamensis
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Tropical Tree · Hardwood · Sapotaceae · Rainforest · Surinam · Canopy Tree · Slow Growing · Rare · South America · Timber Tree
This tropical hardwood tree from the Sapotaceae family is a slow-growing canopy species native to South American and Caribbean rainforests, requiring warm, humid conditions and well-drained but moist soils. It is best suited to outdoor cultivation in tropical or subtropical climates (USDA zones 11-12) and is not appropriate as a houseplant. Due to its rarity and specialized growing requirements, sourcing should be done through specialist tropical nurseries.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply and evenly, keeping soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.6–5.8
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 360 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Brazil North, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Leeward Is., Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, Windward Is.
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle
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