''Uvaria'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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. The generic name ''uvaria'' is derived from the

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''uva'' meaning

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, likely because the edible fruit of some species in the genus resemble grapes.

Circumscription

Species are distributed throughout the Old World tropics.''Uvaria''.
Flora of China. This large genus had about 150 species, but recent molecular analyses have revealed that several smaller genera belong within ''Uvaria'', increasing its size. These are climbing shrubs or small trees. The flowers are borne singly, in pairs, or in small clusters. There are six petals in two whorls and many stamens.

Selected species

There are 168 accepted ''Uvaria'' species, as of April 2021, according to

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. * ''

Uvaria chamae ''Uvaria chamae'', commonly known as finger root or bush banana is a climbing large shrub or small tree native to tropical West and Central Africa where it grows in wet and dry forests and coastal scrublands. The common name refers to the fruit ...

'' P.Beauv. – ''Finger-root'', China * '' Uvaria dulcis'' - Tropical Asia (E. Indonesia, Jawa, Mainland Southeast Asia) * '' Uvaria grandiflora'' Roxb. ex Hornem. - Indochina, Malesia * '' Uvaria kweichowensis'' P.T.Li - Tropical Africa * '' Uvaria narum'' ( Dunal) Wall. - Indian subcontinent * '' Uvaria rufa'' ( Dunal) Blume; ''Susung-kalabaw'', Australia to Philippines & Indochina * '' Uvaria zeylanica'' L. - type species - India, Sri Lanka

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Kadsura japonica ''Kadsura japonica'', commonly known as the kadsura vine or simply kadsura, is a plant species native to Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and the Ryukyu Islands) in woodlands. The larvae of the moth '' Caloptilia kadsurae'' feed on ''K. japonica'' in the ...

'' ( L.) Dunal (as ''U. japonica'' L.) * ''

Cananga odorata ''Cananga odorata'', known as ylang-ylang ( ) or cananga tree, is a tropical tree that is native to the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Queensland, Australia. It is also native to parts of Thailand and Viet ...

'' (Lam.)

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(as ''U. odorata'' Lam.) * ''

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.)

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(as ''U. lanceolata'' Sw.) * ''

Huberantha cerasoides ''Huberantha cerasoides''Chaowasku T (2015) ''Kew Bull.'' 70(2)-23: 2. (synonym ''Polyalthia cerasoides'') is a species of trees in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is the type species of the relatively new genus ''Huberantha''. It ...

'' (Roxb.)

Bedd. Colonel Richard Henry Beddome (11 May 1830 – 23 February 1911) was a British military officer and naturalist in India, who became chief conservator of the Madras Forest Department. In the mid-19th century, he extensively surveyed several ...

(as ''U. cerasoides'' Roxb.) * ''

Monoon longifolium ''Monoon longifolium'', the false ashoka, also commonly known by its synonym ''Polyalthia longifolia'', is an Asian small tree species in the family Annonaceae. It is native to southern India and Sri Lanka, but has been widely introduced els ...

'' (Sonn.) Thwaites (as ''U. longifolia'' Sonn.) * ''

Xylopia aromatica ''Xylopia aromatica'' is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family and the accepted name of ''Xylopia xylopioides''. It is a tree native to Cerrado grassland vegetation, particularly in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais, in eastern Brazil ...

'' (Lam.) Mart. (as ''U. aromatica'' Lam.)

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2473724 Annonaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot