Description: Trees.
Flowers axillary. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 5, appendages and staminodes absent. Ovary mostly 5-locular.
Fruit more or less globose to ovoid, exocarp thin; seeds ovoid, testa hard or papery.
Distribution and occurrence: World: endemic to Australia: 4 species, Qld, N.S.W.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Jessup, L.W. (2019). A taxonomic revision of Sapotaceae for mainland Australia. Austrobaileya
Taxa not yet included in identification key
Niemeyera chartacea,
Niemeyera whitei
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