🌿 Family

Chrysobalanaceae

6 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Chrysobalanaceae

Chrysobalanus icaco L. is a small evergreen shrub or tree grown ornamentally, with edible fruit and seeds used in cooking and medicine.

Geobalanus oblongifolius, or gopher apple, is an evergreen shrub native to the southeastern US whose fruit feeds local wildlife.

Parinari capensis, the sand apple, is a fire-adapted geoxyle flowering plant used for anti-malaria purposes.

Parinari curatellifolia is an evergreen African tropical tree valued most for its edible, tasty fruit.

Neocarya macrophylla, the Gingerbread Plum, is the only species in the Neocarya genus, native to parts of Africa.

Moquilea tomentosa is a cultivated flowering plant native to most of Brazil, grown for fruit and used as a street tree.

Related Families

Euphorbiaceae 287 species Salicaceae 129 species Violaceae 102 species Hypericaceae 73 species Phyllanthaceae 56 species Passifloraceae 50 species Linaceae 29 species Malpighiaceae 14 species

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