Northia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae.
The name was first published by Joseph Dalton Hooker, in Hooker's Icones Plantarum (Sep 1884), in his description of Northia seychellana.Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1884. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 15: page 57 description in Latin, commentary in EnglishHooker, Joseph Dalton. 1884. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 15: plate 1473. line drawing as illustration The spelling was given as Northia on the plate, but the variant Northea in the text. Hooker gave the genus name in honour of the botanical illustrator and painter, Marianne North. It has very large seeds, up to long, and nearly as wide.
Northia seychellana (common name capucin) is the only species accepted in the genus. It is endemic to the Seychelles Islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families A few other species were formerly included in Northia but have been moved to Manilkara:
Formerly included Northia fasciculata - Manilkara fasciculata - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea Northia hoshinoi - Manilkara hoshinoi - Pohnpei Northia vitiensis - Manilkara vitiensis - Fiji
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