Coco Plum Family
Chrysobalanaceae
Chrysobalanaceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of trees and shrubs in 18 genera and about 533 species of pantropical distribution with a centre of diversity in the Amazon. Some of the species contain silica in their bodies for rigidity and so the mesophyll often has sclerenchymatous idioblasts. The widespread species Chrysobalanus icaco produces a plum-like fruit and the plant is commonly known as the coco plum.
27 branches of this family, most-observed first
Chrysobalanus
genusChrysobalanus
Geobalanus
genusGeobalanus
Parinari
genusParinari
Hirtella
genusHirtella
Moquilea
genusMoquilea
Licania
genusLicania
Couepia
genusCouepia
Microdesmia
genusMicrodesmia
Neocarya
genusNeocarya
Maranthes
genusMaranthes
Grangeria
genusGrangeria
Hymenopus
genusHymenopus
Leptobalanus
genusLeptobalanus
Hunga
genusHunga
Magnistipula
genusMagnistipula
Atuna
genusAtuna
Parastemon
genusParastemon
Dactyladenia
genusDactyladenia
Exellodendron
genusExellodendron
Cordillera
genusCordillera
Acioa
genusAcioa
Afrolicania
genusAfrolicania
Angelesia
genusAngelesia
Parinariopsis
genusParinariopsis
Gaulettia
genusGaulettia
Bafodeya
genusBafodeya
Kostermanthus
genusKostermanthus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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