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6377.000 Chrysophyllum
Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976) Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York
Description of the genus
Trees. Leaves: lamina with readily distinguished lateral veins, these straight and parallel. Flowers usually bisexual, 5-merous, borne in fascicles on new or old wood. Calyx of 5 sepals, arranged spirally or in 1 whorl, free to base. Corolla of 5 entire lobes, united into a tube below. Fruit a fleshy berry. Seeds 2-5, with abundant endosperm and with a long lateral scar. Worldwide: 43 species in tropical America, Africa, Madagascar to Indomalesia and Australia |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| gorungosanum Engl. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| viridifolium J.M. Wood & Franks[VU] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description |
Other sources of information about Chrysophyllum:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Chrysophyllum pageFlora of Mozambique: Chrysophyllum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Chrysophyllum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Chrysophyllum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Chrysophyllum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chrysophyllum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Chrysophyllum
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