Balatá (Manilkara bidentata) is a species of sapodilla tree native to a large area of northern South America, Central America and the Caribbean. It is also the natural latex made from its sap. Scientific classification - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Ericales are a large and diverse order of dicotyledons. ... Genera Argania Aubregrinia Aulandra Autranella Baillonella Breviea Burckella Butyrospermum Capurodendron Chromolucuma Chrysophyllum Delpydora Diploknema Diploon Eberhardtia Ecclinusa Elaeoluma Englerophytum Faucherea Gluema Inhambanella Isonandra Labourdonnaisia Labramia Lecomtedoxa Leptostylis Letestua Madhuca Manilkara Micropholis Neohemsleya Neolemonniera Nesoluma Niemeyera Northia Omphalocarpum Palaquium Payena Pichonia Pouteria Pradosia Pycnandra Sarcaulus Sideroxylon Tieghemella Tridesmostemon Tsebona Vitellaria Vitellariopsis... Species About 70-90 species including: Manilkara bahamensis Manilkara bidentata Manilkara chicle Manilkara hexandra Manilkara kauki Manilkara littoralis Manilkara zapote Manilkara is a genus of trees native throughout the tropics, with a concentration of species in the New World. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Species About 70-90 species including: Manilkara bahamensis Manilkara bidentata Manilkara chicle Manilkara hexandra Manilkara kauki Manilkara littoralis Manilkara zapote Manilkara is a genus of trees native throughout the tropics, with a concentration of species in the New World. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... The LaTeX logo, typeset with LaTeX LATEX is a document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. ... Sap is: tree sap A small, blunt object used as a weapon, often constructed from a bag filled with loose, heavy objects such as lead shot or coins. ...

Balatá is a large tree growing to 30-45 m tall. The leaves are alternate, elliptical, entire, 10-20 cm long. The flowers white, and are produced at the start of the rainy season. The fruit is an edible yellow berry, 3-5 cm diameter; it contains one (occasionally two) seeds. The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... This article is about the fruit. ... A SeeD is a term given to mercenaries trained and employed by Balamb Garden in the Final Fantasy VIII video game. ...

Uses

The latex is extracted in the same manner in which sap is extracted from the rubber tree. It is then dried to form an inelastic rubber-like material. It is almost identical to gutta-percha (produced from a closely related southeast Asian tree), and is sometimes called gutta-balatá. Latex being collected from a wounded rubber tree The Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) is a tree belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. ... There are separate articles about elasticity in economics, and about British rubber bands. ... Species About 100-120 species, including: Palaquium amboinense Palaquium barnesii Palaquium bataanense Palaquium beccarianum Palaquium borneense Palaquium burckii Palaquium clarkeanum Palaquium cochleariifolium Palaquium dasyphyllum Palaquium ellipticum Palaquium formosanum Palaquium galactoxylum Palaquium gutta Palaquium herveyi Palaquium hexandrum Palaquium hispidum Palaquium hornei Palaquium impressinervium Palaquium kinabaluense Palaquium lanceolatum Palaquium leiocarpum Palaquium lobbianum... World map showing location of Asia A satellite composite image of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of the continent of Eurasia, defined by subtracting the European peninsula from Eurasia. ...

Balatá is often used in the production of golf balls, to use as the outer layer of the ball. Balatá-covered balls have a high spin rate, but due to the nondurable nature of the material that the golf club strikes, do not last long before requiring replacement. These balls are favoured by tournament players. Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... A ball is a round object that is used most often in sports and games. ...

Balatá trees are farmed along the banks of the Amazon River and its tributaries, such as the Içá. It is also the most important timber tree on Puerto Rico. Length 6,296 km Elevation of the source 5,597 m Average discharge 219,000 m³/ s Area watershed 6,915,000 km² Origin Nevado Mismi Mouth Atlantic Ocean Basin countries Brazil (62. ... A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... The Içá or Putumayo River is one of the tributaries of the Amazon river, west of and parallel to the Yapura. ...

The tree is a hardwood with a red timber, which is used for furniture and as a construction material where it grows. Beech is a typical temperate zone hardwood The term hardwood designates wood from angiosperm trees. ... Timber Timber is a term used to describe clusters of trees. ... Furniture - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Construction on the North Bytown Bridge in Ottawa, Canada. ...

The fruit, like that of the related Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), is edible, with an excellent flavour. Binomial name Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota) is a tree native to the New World tropics. ...