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Magnoliopsida
Chrysophyllum cainito L.
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Tropical America
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Rights holder/Author | Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe |
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A variable species. Nozeran (Ann. Sc. Nat. Bot., new ser. 187. 1955) pointed out several irregularities in the floral parts.
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"Kerala: Alapuzha, Kasaragod, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: Chennai"
Distribucion en Costa Rica: Ampliamente cultivado.
Distribucion General: Nativo probablemente de Las Antillas, cultivado en Centro y Sur América.
Chile Central
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Distribution: West Indies and Central America. Cultivated elsewhere. In Pakistan it is cultivated in Lahore.
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Trees up to 20 m high, branches glabrescent. Leaves oblong-obovate, petiolate. Inflorescence 5-30-flowered, axillary. Flowers small, pedicellate. Bracteoles circular. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes ovate, apex obtuse to rounded, hairy within. Corolla 5-lobed, lobes ovate, margins glabrous. Stamens 5; filaments deltoid, anthers ovoid; staminode absent. Ovary ferruginous-villous, 7-10-locular; style glabrous, stigma 7-10-lobed. Fruit globose, purplish-brown, glabrous, 4-8-seeded. Seeds obovate.
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Habit: Tree
Árbol de 4 a 30 m de altura. Hojas simples, alternas, de 5 a 15 cm de largo por 2.2 a 8 cm de ancho, elípticas a oblongo-elípticas, margen entero.
Flores de color crema, en fasículos axilares. Frutos globosos a elipsoides, de 5 a 8 cm de diámetro http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/FMPro?-db=imagenes3.fp3&key=37774&-img" > (Ver imagen) .Generalmente cultivado, hojas cuando frescas, verde intenso en la haz, ferrugíneo en el envés http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/FMPro?-db=imagenes3.fp3&key=34301&-img" > , frutos comestibles.