page_title: Sideroxylon puberulum
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Sideroxylon puberulum / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Sideroxylon puberulum - Manglier rouge - Mauritius
context_page_description: Sideroxylon puberulum, or "manglier rouge", is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius.
context_section_description: It produces dense, elegant whorls of leaves, which are thick, leathery, elliptical and covered in reddish brown fur when young (especially in winter). Even adult leaves can be a furry reddish-brown on the underside. 
  It produces tiny hermaphroditic flowers - packed along its stems - and black berries which exude a white latex. Its wood is unusually strong and heavy.
  It reaches a height of 15 meters, with a trunk diameter of 60 cm. It has grey bark. It acquired its nickname "Manglier" ("mangrove") because in older trees the inside of the trunk often decays, leaving the tree standing on multiple remains of the trunk, which look like the stilt-roots of mangrove trees. However it is relatively unrelated to the mangrove tree.
caption: Detail of foliage - showing new and old leaves
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