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|accepted_name=Chrysobalanaceae
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|common_names=Coco-plum Family
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|hierarchy=Chrysobalanaceae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chrysobalanaceae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
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|treatment_page=page 365
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, tardily deciduous to evergreen. <b>Leaves</b> alternate (2-ranked), simple; stipules present; petiole present, short; blade often coriaceous, margins entire or remotely toothed; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary, thyrses [cymes, racemes, or panicles]. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; perianth and androecium perigynous; hypanthium free, well developed, densely hairy on both surfaces; sepals 5, distinct; petals [0 or 4–]5, distinct; nectary present, lining hypanthium; stamens [2–]14–22[–300], connate basally to proximally [distinct], free; anthers versatile, dehiscing by longitudinal slits; pistil 1, 3-carpellate with 1 [rarely 2–3] carpel developing, ovary superior, 1[–3]-locular, placentation basal; ovules 2 per locule, anatropous; style 1, basal; stigmas [1] 3. <b>Fruits</b> drupes. <b>Seeds</b> 1 per fruit.</span><!--

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|distribution=se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;s Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Genera 18, species ca. 530 (2 genera, 2 species in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Chrysobalanaceae was traditionally considered a subfamily of the <i>Rosaceae</i>. Family status is supported by morphology (G. T. Prance 1972; Prance and C. A. Sothers 2003) and molecular data, which place it as a member of the Malpighiales and thus not closely related to the <i>Rosaceae</i> (see, for example, M. W. Chase et al. 1993; N. Korotkova et al. 2009; K. Wurdack and C. C. Davis 2009). Only <i>Chrysobalanus icaco</i> is important commercially; it is planted as an ornamental and its fruits are eaten raw or bottled in syrup and sold (A. Cronquist 1981).</p>
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|id=prance1970a
|text=Prance, G. T. 1970. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 51: 521–528.
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|id=prance1972a
|text=Prance, G. T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. In: Organization for Flora Neotropica. 1968+. Flora Neotropica. 109+ nos. New York. No. 9.
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|id=prance2003a
|text=Prance, G. T. and C. A. Sothers. 2003. Chrysobalanaceae. In: Australian Biological Resources Study. 1999+. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World. 11+ parts. Canberra. Parts 9, 10.
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==Key==
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|Shrubs or trees, 1–5 m; leaf blades broadly elliptic, broadly ovate, or broadly obovate, length 1.2–1.5 times width; stamen filaments densely hairy proximally; endocarps longitudinally ribbed.
|[[Chrysobalanus|Chrysobalanus]]
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|1
|Shrubs, to 0.3(–0.5) m; leaf blades oblanceolate, lanceolate, or narrowly oblong, length 2.5–3.5 times width; stamen filaments glabrous; endocarps not longitudinally ribbed.
|[[Licania|Licania]]
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name=Chrysobalanaceae
|author=R. David Whetstone;Christopher F. Nixon†
|authority=R. Brown
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|family=Chrysobalanaceae
|illustrator=Marjorie C. Leggitt
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;s Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
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