6364.000 Pouteria Aubl.

ANINGERIA Aubrév. & Pellegr.

Description of the genus

Trees. Stipules 0. Leaves obscurely pellucid-punctate; lateral nerves spanned by straight transverse tertiary veins. Flowers pedicellate, fasciculate in axils of current or fallen leaves. Calyx 5-merous in one whorl. Corolla with long tube and short lobes. Fruit a berry, 1-seeded. Seed with scar covering up to half the surface area.

Worldwide: c. 200 species in tropical America, Asia to the Pacific and Africa.

Pouteria adolfi-friedericii subsp. australis

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adolfi-friedericii (Engl.) A. Meeuse subsp. australis (J.H. Hemsl.) L. Gaut.EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Pouteria:

Flora of Mozambique: Pouteria
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pouteria
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pouteria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pouteria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pouteria
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pouteria

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Pouteria.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1068, retrieved 21 May 2013

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