Sideroxylon grandiflorum

Sideroxylon grandiflorum, yang dikenal sebagai tambalacoque atau pohon tambalacoque, adalah sebuah pohon panjang umur dalam keluarga Sapotaceae, endemik dari Mauritius. Pohon tersebut dinikahi untuk diambil biji zakarnya.

Sideroxylon grandiflorum

Taksonomi
DivisiTracheophyta
SubdivisiSpermatophytes
KladAngiospermae
Kladmesangiosperms
Kladeudicots
Kladcore eudicots
Kladasterids
OrdoEricales
FamiliSapotaceae
GenusSideroxylon
SpesiesSideroxylon grandiflorum
A.DC.
Distribusi
EndemikMauritius Island

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