''Uvaria'' is a genus of

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s in the family

Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a 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 family in the Ma ...

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

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''uva'' meaning

grape A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus '' Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters. The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years a ...

, 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 Plants of the World Online. * '' Uvaria chamae'' 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

Formerly placed here

* '' Kadsura japonica'' ( 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.) Hook.f. & Thomson (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.) Baill. (as ''U. lanceolata'' Sw.) * '' Huberantha cerasoides'' (Roxb.)

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(as ''U. cerasoides'' Roxb.) * '' Monoon longifolium'' (Sonn.) Thwaites (as ''U. longifolia'' Sonn.) * '' Xylopia aromatica'' (Lam.) Mart. (as ''U. aromatica'' Lam.)

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External links

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