''Caryodendron'' is a
plant genus of the
family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1860. The genus includes ''
C. orinocense'', known as the Inchi tree or Tacay nut. It is native to
Central America and
South America.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref> They are 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 ...
trees.[Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Malpighiales. Germany, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.]
;Species[
# '' Caryodendron amazonicum'' Ducke - Amazonas in Brazil
# '' Caryodendron angustifolium'' Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
# '' Caryodendron janeirense'' Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro
# '' Caryodendron orinocense'' H.Karst - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
]
References
Euphorbiaceae genera
Acalyphoideae
Dioecious plants
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