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Emmenosperma
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Emmenosperma

Emmenosperma is a small genus of mostly tropical trees in the Buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae. The name comes from the Greek "emmeno" meaning (I cleave) and "sperma", (seed). It refers to the seeds remaining after the fruit valves have fallen away. It is related to Jaffrea, endemic to New Caledonia.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

bonewood

speciesEmmenosperma alphitonioides

Emmenosperma pancherianum

speciesEmmenosperma pancherianum

Bonewood

speciesEmmenosperma cunninghamii

Emmenosperma micropetalum

speciesEmmenosperma micropetalum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 183546.