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|accepted_authority=Swartz
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|title=Prodr.,
|place=12. 1788, name conserved
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|common_names=Breadnut
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Moraceae;Brosimum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Moraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Brosimum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek brosimos, edible
|volume=Volume 3
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|distribution=Neotropical
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 24 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=berg1972a
|text=Berg, C. C. 1972. Olmedieae, Brosimeae (Moraceae). In: Organization for Flora Neotropica. 1968+. Flora Neotropica. 65+ vols. New York. Vol. 7: 1-229.
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|family=Moraceae
|distribution=Neotropical
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|sap coloration=milky
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|stipule fusion=free
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|syncarp shape=globose
|tree duration=evergreen
|x chromosome quantity=13
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