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Melicoccus
''Melicoccus'' is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to tropical regions of northern and western South America. They are evergreen trees growing to tall, with alternate pinnate leaf, leaves with 4 or 6 opposite leaflet (botany), leaflets (no terminal leaflet). The fruit is a drupe. Several species, but principally ''Melicoccus bijugatus, M. bijugatus'', are widely cultivated in their native areas and elsewhere in Central America and the Caribbean for their fruit. Some species of the related genus ''Talisia'' are sometimes included in ''Melicoccus''. ;Species *''Melicoccus antioquensis'' Acevedo-Rodríguez — Colombia *''Melicoccus aymardii'' Acevedo-Rodríguez — Venezuela *''Melicoccus bijugatus'' Jacq. – Mamoncillo (Colombia, Venezuela) *''Melicoccus espritosantensis'' Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez, Acevedo-Rodríguez — eastern Brazil *''Melicoccus jimenezii'' (Alain) Acevedo-Rodríguez — Dominican Republic *''Melicoccus lepidopeta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melicoccus Antioquensis
''Melicoccus'' is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to tropical regions of northern and western South America. They are evergreen trees growing to tall, with alternate pinnate leaves with 4 or 6 opposite leaflets (no terminal leaflet). The fruit is a drupe. Several species, but principally '' M. bijugatus'', are widely cultivated in their native areas and elsewhere in Central America and the Caribbean for their fruit. Some species of the related genus '' Talisia'' are sometimes included in ''Melicoccus''. ;Species *'' Melicoccus antioquensis'' Acevedo-Rodríguez — Colombia *'' Melicoccus aymardii'' Acevedo-Rodríguez — Venezuela *'' Melicoccus bijugatus'' Jacq. – Mamoncillo (Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |