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Manilkara bidentata (A.DC.) A.Chev.

Sapotaceae

SE North America (Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (tropics)

L[G]

hel [sci] mes

fd (fruits) ma (milky latex used for making of non elastic rubber for machine belts and boot soles) sa ti

Mimusops bidentata A.DC.

common balata; balata, beef wood (Guyana); bullet; bullet wood (Guyana, St. Lucia); bulletwood; bully-tree (Barbados); gooseberry (Tobago); horseflesh, red lancewood, sapodilla, wild dilly

balata franc; arbre boulet; balata (Dominican Republic); balata gomme; balata rouge (French Guiana); balate (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois noir (Guadeloupe); bois-balata, bois-négresse; sapotille, sapotille noir (Haiti); sapotiller marron, sapotiller noir, sapotillia marron, sapotillier marron, sapotillier noir (Guadeloupe)

acana (Dominican Republic); acaná (Venezuela); ausuba, ausubo (Puerto Rico); balata (Guyana, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); balatá (Dominican Republic); balata roja; chicle (Colombia); chicozapote (Mexico); nisperillo (Colombia); nispero (Panama); pamashto (Peru); pendare (Guyana, Venezuela); purgo (Venezuela); purguo (Guyana, Venezuela); purguo morado (Guyana); quinilla, quinilla colorada (Peru); sapotillo (Dominican Republic); trapichero (Colombia)

balata (Brazil, Suriname); Balatabaum (german); boéti (Suriname); bois boulet abeille (creole); boïti (aukaans); bolletrie (Suriname); boroni, borowé (arawak); botrie (Suriname); fofodo (ticuna); macaranduba (Brazil); maçaranduba (portuguese, Brazil); manilkara (kalihna); maparajuba (Brazil); massaranduba (portuguese, Brazil); matiou paou (saramaccan); mazarandua, meñino-kudna (huitoto); paardevlesschout, parata (Suriname); sapatia oudou (saramaccan); sapoti, sapoti nwa (creole, Haiti); yugo de charapa (huitoto)

balata, beefwood, bulletwood

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Latin name	Manilkara bidentata (A.DC.) A.Chev.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel [sci] mes
Use	fd (fruits) ma (milky latex used for making of non elastic rubber for machine belts and boot soles) sa ti
Synonym	Mimusops bidentata A.DC.
English name	common balata; balata, beef wood (Guyana); bullet; bullet wood (Guyana, St. Lucia); bulletwood; bully-tree (Barbados); gooseberry (Tobago); horseflesh, red lancewood, sapodilla, wild dilly
French name	balata franc; arbre boulet; balata (Dominican Republic); balata gomme; balata rouge (French Guiana); balate (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois noir (Guadeloupe); bois-balata, bois-négresse; sapotille, sapotille noir (Haiti); sapotiller marron, sapotiller noir, sapotillia marron, sapotillier marron, sapotillier noir (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	acana (Dominican Republic); acaná (Venezuela); ausuba, ausubo (Puerto Rico); balata (Guyana, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); balatá (Dominican Republic); balata roja; chicle (Colombia); chicozapote (Mexico); nisperillo (Colombia); nispero (Panama); pamashto (Peru); pendare (Guyana, Venezuela); purgo (Venezuela); purguo (Guyana, Venezuela); purguo morado (Guyana); quinilla, quinilla colorada (Peru); sapotillo (Dominican Republic); trapichero (Colombia)
Other name	balata (Brazil, Suriname); Balatabaum (german); boéti (Suriname); bois boulet abeille (creole); boïti (aukaans); bolletrie (Suriname); boroni, borowé (arawak); botrie (Suriname); fofodo (ticuna); macaranduba (Brazil); maçaranduba (portuguese, Brazil); manilkara (kalihna); maparajuba (Brazil); massaranduba (portuguese, Brazil); matiou paou (saramaccan); mazarandua, meñino-kudna (huitoto); paardevlesschout, parata (Suriname); sapatia oudou (saramaccan); sapoti, sapoti nwa (creole, Haiti); yugo de charapa (huitoto)
Trade name	balata, beefwood, bulletwood