Ripe and unripe fruit
Moquilea tomentosa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Chrysobalanaceae |
Genus: | Moquilea |
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M. tomentosa
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Binomial name | |
Moquilea tomentosa | |
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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]
Moquilea tomentosa |
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Licania tomentosa |
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