''Neocarya'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
in family
Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1976.
[Tropicos, Neocarya (DC.) Prance ex F. White ]
/ref>[White, Frank. 1976. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 46(3–4): 308]
It contains only one known species, ''Neocarya macrophylla'', native to western and central Africa
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from Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
to the Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, NaìjÃrÃyà , yo, Nà ìjÃrÃà , pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
, and also in South Sudan
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. It is commonly known in English as the Gingerbread Plum, despite not being related to the true Plum (Prunus sp.).[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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Chrysobalanaceae
Monotypic Malpighiales genera
Flora of Africa
Chrysobalanaceae genera
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