''Oxandra'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the

soursop Soursop (also called ''graviola, guyabano'', and in Hispanic America, ''guanábana'') is the fruit of ''Annona muricata'', a broadleaf, flowering, evergreen tree. It is native to the tropical regions of the Americas and the Caribbean and is wid ...

family,

Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest ...

Selected species

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Oxandra lanceolata ''Oxandra lanceolata'' is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It occurs naturally in Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. It is an evergreen tree growing up to 15 metres high. Its leaves are 3.5-9.5 ...

'' (Sw.) Baill. * ''

Oxandra laurifolia ''Oxandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the soursop family, Annonaceae. Selected species * ''Oxandra lanceolata'' (Sw.) Baill. * ''Oxandra laurifolia'' (Sw.) A.Rich. * ''Oxandra leucodermis'' (Richard Spruce, Spruce ex Benth.) Warm. Refer ...

'' (Sw.) A.Rich. * ''

Oxandra leucodermis ''Oxandra leucodermis'' is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the no ...

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Spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfami ...

ex Benth.) Warm.

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