| Northia seychellana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sapotoideae |
| Genus: | Northia Hook.f. |
| Species: | N. seychellana |
| Binomial name | |
| Northia seychellana | |
| Synonyms [2] [3] | |
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Northia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae.
The name was first published by Joseph Dalton Hooker, in Hooker's Icones Plantarum (Sep 1884), in his description of Northia seychellana. [2] [4] The spelling was given as Northia on the plate, but the variant Northea in the text. [5] Hooker gave the genus name in honour of the botanical illustrator and painter, Marianne North. It has very large seeds, up to 8 cm (3 in) long, and nearly as wide. [6]
Northia seychellana (common name capucin) is the only species accepted in the genus. It is endemic to the Seychelles Islands. [3] A few other species were formerly included in Northia but have been moved to Manilkara :
- Formerly included [3]
- Northia fasciculata - Manilkara fasciculata - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea
- Northia hoshinoi - Manilkara hoshinoi - Pohnpei
- Northia vitiensis - Manilkara vitiensis - Fiji
