6364.000 Pouteria Aubl.

ANINGERIA Aubrév. & Pellegr.

MALACANTHA Pierre

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.

Burundi: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
altissima (A.Chev.) Baehni

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pouteria
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pouteria
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