''Baccaurea''
[''Flora Cochinchinensis'' 2: 661. 1790. ] is a
genus of
flowering plant belonging to the
family Phyllanthaceae. The genus comprises over 100 species, distributed from
Malesia to the
West Pacific. It is
dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
, with male and female flowers on separate plants. Many species contain edible fruits.
Selected species
Species are:
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Phyllanthaceae genera
Dioecious plants