Chicle de Segunda
Manilkara staminodella

Family: Sapotaceae

What it is like

A tree. It can be 30 m high and does not have buttresses. The trunk is 75 cm across. The bark is cracked and in in squares. The bark has sticky white sap. The young shoots can be smooth or have soft brown hairs. The leaves are 4.6-12 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. They are oblong or oval and they can be papery or rough. There are 14-21 pairs of secondary veins. The leaf stalk is 1-3.4 cm long. There is a slight channel in the upper surface. The flowers occur singly or in pairs. They are white or cream. The fruit are 3.5-5 cm long. There are several seeds.

There are about 75 Manilkara species.

Where it is found

A tropical plant. It grows on hill slopes between 100-850 m altitude.

Countries/locations it is found in

Belize, Central America, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America

How it is used for food

The sap is used for chewing as chicle.

Edible parts

Sap,latex

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Chiquibul, Muy, Tiejerillo

Synonyms

Achras staminodella (Gilly) Lundell; Manilkariopsis staminodella (Gilly) Lundell; Chiclea staminodella (Gilly) Lundell; Chiclea guatemalensis Lundell; Chiclea excelsa Lundell; Chiclea courtesiana Lundell; Achras cortesiana (Lundell) Lundell; Achras excelsa (Lundell) Lundell; Achras guatemalensis (Lundell) Lundell;