Chrysophyllum Bancanum

''Donella lanceolata'' is a plant species in the family Sapotaceae. It is a tree growing up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is grey to dark brown. Inflorescences bear up to 45 flowers. The fruit are brownish to purplish black, ripening yellow, round, up to in diameter. Its habitat is lowland forests from sea level to altitude. Its natural range is Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Queensland.

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms
* '' Chrysophyllum javanicum''
* '' Chrysophyllum lanceolatum''
* '' Lucuma lanceolata''
* '' Nycterisition lanceolatum''

Heterotypic synonyms
* '' Chrysophyllum acuminatum''
* '' Chrysophyllum bancanum''
* ''Chrysophyllum dioicum''
* ''Chrysophyllum lanceolatum'' var. ''papuanum''
* ''Chrysophyllum lanceolatum'' var. ''stellatocarpon''
* ''Chrysophyllum pentagonum''
* ''Chrysophyllum roxburghianum''
* '' Chrysophyllum roxburghii''
* ''Chrysophyllum roxburghii'' var. ''papuanum''''
* ''Chrysophyllum sumatranum''
* ''Donella lanceolata'' var. ''malagassica''
* '' Donella roxburghii''
* ''Donella roxburghii'' var. ''tonkinensis''
* '' Lucuma tomentosa''
* '' Niemeyera papuana''

Conservation

This species is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)) as least concern, citing its wide distribution across a number of countries, its large population and its occurrence in protected areas as the basis for the assessment.

In Australia, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES) has assessed it as near threatened. Although there is no explanation provided by DES, the species only occurs in a few scattered locations in Queensland, which may account for the status.

References

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lanceolata
Flora of tropical Asia
Trees of Australia
Flora of Queensland
Flora of Madagascar
Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago)
Taxa named by André Aubréville
Plants described in 1963