Northia seychellana

For the sea snail genus, see Northia (gastropod).

Northia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae.

Northia seychellana
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
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 Hook.f.
Synonyms[2][3]
Northea Hook.f., spelling variation Northia hornei Pierre Mimusops hornei M.M.Hartog Northia confusa Hemsl. Northia brevitubulata Lecomte

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