Manilkara spectabilis [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Manilkara spectabilis
Manilkara spectabilis, or bully tree (not to be confused with other trees with the same common name), is a little-understood, critically endangered species of tree in the sapodilla family. It has only ever been collected for botanical study once, from a single site near Limón in the Atlantic coastal forests of Costa Rica. It is believed to be endemic to this lowland region, the rainforests of which, though once unbroken, are now honeycombed by ongoing logging operations.
of these species except "N. flava" have been recorded.
Due to the patchy distribution of "N. spectabilis", its conservation status is listed as Vulnerable on the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Upon observing "N. spectabilis" on Mount Pangulubao in 1995, botanist Charles Clarke wrote that he "got the impression that collectors had taken a bit of a toll on the population, partly because very few immature plants were visible".
Related species.
"Nepenthes spectabilis" is thought to be