Common name:
Family: Hernandiaceae
Synonym(s): <i>Hernandia ovigera</i> L.
Country of Origin: northern Brazil, Venezuela, the Guyanas, Trinidad
Description: [syn. H. peltata Meissn.]
To 40 feet; leaves broadly ovate, peltate, to 8 inches long, usually cordate; flowers greenish-yellow; fruit black, dry, about 1.25 inches in diameter, involucel much inflated, whitish, pear-shaped, to 2.5 inches long, with a large apical opening.
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Source: R. Nicholson - Smith Coll. BG
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- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: magnoliids
- Order: Laurales
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- Family: Hernandiaceae
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References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 15 July 2015.
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