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Chrysobalanaceae - Coco-plum family
Description of the family
Trees, shrubs or suffrutices. Stipules present, caducous (in ours). Leaves simple, entire, alternate, usually with 2 glands at the base of the lamina or apex of petiole. Flowers bisexual, slightly zygomorphic (in ours), perigynous. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 2-many. Ovary superior with 3 carpels, one of which fully develops; each carpel 1- or 2-locular. Fruit a fleshy drupe. Worldwide: 17 genera and 460 species, tropical, especially occurring in America. |
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More sample images from the Chrysobalanaceae (Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record)
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| Maranthes Blume | Description |
| Parinari Aubl. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Chrysobalanaceae:
Flora of Mozambique: ChrysobalanaceaeGRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Chrysobalanaceae
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