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|accepted_name=Calophyllum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 513. 1753
|year=1753
}}{{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 229. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Alexandrian laurel
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Calophyllaceae;Calophyllum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Calophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Calophyllum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek kalos, beautiful, and phyllon, leaf
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 65
|treatment_page=page 64
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>[shrubs], hairy at least on buds, with stilt or loop roots. <b>Stems</b> ± flattened and angled when young. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole concave, without adaxial protuberance; blade coriaceous, venation close, apparently unbranched, parallel, uniting to form marginal or submarginal vein and alternating with and usually more prominent than latex canals, without tertiary venation visible between lateral veins. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemiform; peduncle and rachis usually present; bracts usually deciduous, small. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; sepals deciduous, 4, distinct, in decussate pairs, outer 1–2 pairs rarely much different from rest; stamens obscurely 4-fascicled; style slender, ca. 4 times as long as ovary. <b>Fruits</b> drupaceous; pericarp firm or fleshy, smooth when fresh. <b>Seeds</b> 1. <b>x</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Pacific Islands.
|discussion=<p><i>Calophyllum</i> includes about ten species in the American tropics, the rest in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, and the Pacific.</p><!--
--><p>Species ca. 190 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=stevens1980a
|text=Stevens, P. F. 1980. A revision of the Old World species of Calophyllum (Guttiferae). J. Arnold Arbor. 61: 117–699.
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name=Calophyllum
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Calophyllaceae
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Pacific Islands.
|introduced=true
|reference=stevens1980a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Calophyllum
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