Ala'a
(Planchonella sandwicensis)
Description
Planchonella sandwicensis is a species of Magnoliopsida first described by Asa Gray, and given the simplified Asian name by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre. Planchonella sandwicensis belongs to the genus Planchonella, and the family Sapotaceae. None of these subspecies are listed. Planchonella is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. Named in honour of Jules Émile Planchon, it contains around 100 mainly tropical species, two of which occur in South America and about 18 in Australasia. It was described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre. The genus is included in the larger genus Pouteria by some authorities, hence species such as Planchonella queenslandica are also known as Pouteria queenslandica.
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