Neocarya macrophylla (Sabine) Prance ex F.White is a plant in the Chrysobalanaceae family, order Malpighiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Neocarya macrophylla (Sabine) Prance ex F.White
Neocarya macrophylla, the Gingerbread Plum, is the only species in the Neocarya genus, native to parts of Africa.
Neocarya is a plant genus in the family Chrysobalanaceae that was first described as a genus in 1976. This genus contains only one known accepted species: Neocarya macrophylla (Sabine) Prance ex F.White. This species is native to western and central Africa, ranging from Senegal to Nigeria, and is also found in South Sudan. It has the common English name Gingerbread Plum, even though it is not related to true plums of the genus Prunus.
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Geobalanus oblongifolius (Michx.) Small
Moquilea tomentosa Benth.
Chrysobalanus icaco L.
Parinari curatellifolia Planch. ex Benth.
Parinari capensis Harv.
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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