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Family: Chrysobalanaceae Life
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There are 17 genera and about 490 species worldwide
(lowland tropics and subtropics), with one genus and two species native to
southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
Parinari
About 43 species (tropics and subtropics worldwide) of
which two are native to southern Africa.
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Genera cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
Chrysobalanus
Two species, native to South America and West Africa. |
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Licania
About 171 species, native to tropical America and Africa.
Licania tomentosa (Oiti, Da Praia), from Brazil, is cultivated in
southern Africa.
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Dactyladenia
[= Acioa] About 27 species, native to tropical Africa. Dactyladenia barteri has
been cultivated in southern Africa. |
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Lyonothamnus
Native to South America and West Africa. Lyonothamnus
floribundus from California has been cultivated in southern Africa. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated plants of
southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Jordaan, M. 2000. Chrysobalanaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 226-227.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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