6377.000 Chrysophyllum L.

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

Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
cainito L.	Description, Image
gorungosanum Engl.	Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Chrysophyllum
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Chrysophyllum

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