Dacryodes
Genus of flowering plants
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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::
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Dacryodes is a genus of about 60 species of trees in the family Burseraceae. The generic name is from the Greek dakruon meaning "tear(drop)", referring to how resin droplets form on the bark surface.
Description
Dacryodes species grow as shrubs to medium-sized trees. Their bark is smooth to scaly with pale sapwood. Flowers are unisexual. The fruits feature a fleshy and thick pericarp. The fruit of D. rostrata is considered edible in Borneo.
Distribution and habitat
Dacryodes species grow naturally in tropical forests of the Americas, Africa and Asia. The habitats range from lowland to submontane forests from sea-level to 1500 m elevation.
Species
The Plant List recognises 63 accepted species (including infraspecific names):
- Dacryodes acutipyrena
- Dacryodes bampsiana
- Dacryodes belemensis
- Dacryodes breviracemosa
- Dacryodes buettneri
- Dacryodes camerunensis
- Dacryodes chimantensis
- Dacryodes colombiana
- Dacryodes costanensis
- Dacryodes costata
- Dacryodes crassipes
- Dacryodes cupularis
- Dacryodes cuspidata
- Dacryodes dungii
- Dacryodes ebatom
- Dacryodes edilsonii
- Dacryodes edulis
- Dacryodes elmeri
- Dacryodes excelsa
- Dacryodes expansa
- Dacryodes glabra
- Dacryodes granatensis
- Dacryodes heterotricha
- Dacryodes hopkinsii
- Dacryodes igaganga
- Dacryodes incurvata
- Dacryodes kingii
- Dacryodes klaineana
- Dacryodes kostermansii
- Dacryodes kukachkana
- Dacryodes laxa
- Dacryodes le-testui
- Dacryodes ledermannii
- Dacryodes leonardiana
- Dacryodes longifolia
- Dacryodes macrocarpa
- Dacryodes macrophylla
- Dacryodes microcarpa
- Dacryodes multijuga
- Dacryodes negrensis
- Dacryodes nervosa
- Dacryodes nitens
- Dacryodes normandii
- Dacryodes occidentalis
- Dacryodes olivifera
- Dacryodes osika
- Dacryodes papuana
- Dacryodes paraensis
- Dacryodes patentinervia
- Dacryodes peruviana
- Dacryodes puberula
- Dacryodes pubescens
- Dacryodes roraimensis
- Dacryodes rostrata
- Dacryodes rubiginosa
- Dacryodes rugosa
- Dacryodes sclerophylla
- Dacryodes steyermarkii
- Dacryodes tessmannii
- Dacryodes trapnellii
- Dacryodes trinitensis
- Dacryodes villiersiana
References
References
- (1995). "Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak". [[Forest Research Institute Malaysia]].
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