Biology:Moquilea tomentosa

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae

Moquilea tomentosa
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In Minas Gerais
Licania tomentosa - Oiti.jpg
Fruit
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Moquilea
Species:
M. tomentosa
Binomial name
Moquilea tomentosa
Benth.
Synonyms[1]
  • Licania tomentosa (Benth.) Fritsch
  • Moquilea tomentosa var. angustifolia Hook.f.
  • Moquilea tomentosa var. latifolia Hook.f.
  • Pleragina odorata Arruda

Moquilea tomentosa (syn. Licania tomentosa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae, native to most of Brazil.[1] It is widely cultivated for its abundant fruit in South America and South Africa,[2] and it is used as a street tree in Brazil and Colombia.[3]

  • Ripe and unripe fruit

  • Growing wild in rubble

  • Close up of leaves

  • Young specimen

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Moquilea tomentosa Benth." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/726782-1. 
  2. ↑ Fern, Ken (20 July 2022). "Useful Tropical Plants Licania tomentosa (Benth.) Fritsch. Chrysobalanaceae". Tropical Plants Database. https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Licania+tomentosa. 
  3. ↑ Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. 

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