Betis

Scientific name
Madhuca betis
Family Name
Sapotaceae
Its local name in different regions
Local Name Place
Bakayao La Union
Bakayao Pangasinan
Banitis, Betis, Banite na pulaBanitis, Betis, Banite na pula Camarines
Betis Zambales
Betis Pampanga
Betis Cavite
Betis Quezon
Gatasan Pangasinan
Gattatar Nueva Ecija
Malaputat Quezon
Pianga, Pingan, Ubien, Masini Cagayan

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

IUCN

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC

Endangered

DAO

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
1/526
2/526
3/526
4/526
5/526
6/526
7/526
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Betis can reach up to:

Height

35 m

Diameter

80 cm

Outer bark light brown, ridged or furrowed
Leaves simple, spiral, clustered at tips of twigs, narrowly obovate to obovate, 15-25 cm x 7-15 cm, base obtusely rounded, apex abruptly acute; secondary veins prominent, about 20 pairs, yellowish-brown pubescent beneath; petiole 2-3 cm long
Flowers pale white, with sepals yellowish, pubescent on both sides; corolla glabrous, 8-11-lobed; 16-20 stamens; the flowers with strong foetid smell
Fruit fleshy, orange-reddish when young, black when matured, ellipsoid to oblong, 2-4 cm x 1.5-2 cm, 1-seeded; seed ellipsoid, 1cm diameter, with thin glossy testa, and thick cotyledons.
Primary lowland forest.

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Primary lowland forest.

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