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Neocarya

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Neocarya is a genus of plant in family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1976.[1][3]

It contains only one known species, Neocarya macrophylla, native to western and central Africa from Senegal to the Nigeria, and also in South Sudan. It is commonly known in English as the Gingerbread Plum, despite not being related to the true Plum (Prunus sp.).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Neocarya (DC.) Prance ex F. White
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ White, Frank. 1976. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 46(3–4): 308

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Neocarya: Brief Summary

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Neocarya is a genus of plant in family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1976.

It contains only one known species, Neocarya macrophylla, native to western and central Africa from Senegal to the Nigeria, and also in South Sudan. It is commonly known in English as the Gingerbread Plum, despite not being related to the true Plum (Prunus sp.).

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