- Family:
- Chrysobalanaceae R.Br.
Chrysobalanus L.

[FZ]
Chrysobalanaceae, F. White. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Small or medium-sized trees or shrubs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Lower leaf-surface glabrous or with a few stiff appressed hairs.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence few-flowered, a short raceme of cymules or cymose throughout, or a false raceme or a subsessile fascicle.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts small, eglandular.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers actinomorphic.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Receptacle
- Receptacle-tube cupuliform, interior and exterior puberulous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 5, acute, subequal.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5, longer than the sepals.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 12–26, forming a complete circle; filaments hairy, c. twice as long as sepals, appearing slightly united at the base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary monocarpellary, 1-locular, inserted at base of receptacle, covered with a dense mass of hairs.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Styles puberulous; stigma slightly expanded, shallowly 3-lobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Drupe small, glabrous; endocarp thin, hard, interior glabrous, exterior smooth, with 4–8 prominent longitudinal ridges corresponding to the lines of fracture that allow the seedling to escape.
[FTEA]
Rosaceae, R. A. Graham. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1960
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees or shrubs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple, petiolate, entire; blade with two small basal glands
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers with a shallow receptacle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-lobes and petals 5
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 15 or more, all or partly fertile, the filaments usually partly united towards the base, inserted all round the rim of the receptacle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpel single, sessile, inserted at the base of the receptacle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit drupaceous, with a large stone.
Native to:
Angola, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Chad, Fiji, Hawaii, Malawi, Malaya, Marquesas, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Tanzania, Vietnam
Chrysobalanus L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 7507] | K001127423 | Yes | |||
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 7496] | K001127407 | Yes | |||
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 7496] | K001127406 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 513 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 2: 365.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 229 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 513 (1753)
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 229 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 513 (1753)
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