| Melicoccus | |
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| Melicoccus bijugatus fruit | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sapindoideae |
| Genus: | Melicoccus P.Browne[1] |
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Melicoccus is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to tropical regions of northern and western South America.[2]
They are evergreen trees growing to 30 metres (98 ft) tall, with alternate pinnate leaves with 4 or 6 opposite leaflets (no terminal leaflet). The fruit is a drupe. Several species, but principally M. bijugatus, are widely cultivated in their native areas and elsewhere in Central America and the Caribbean for their fruit.
Some species of the related genus Talisia are sometimes included in Melicoccus.
- Species[2]
- Melicoccus antioquensis Acevedo-Rodríguez — Colombia
- Melicoccus aymardii Acevedo-Rodríguez — Venezuela
- Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq. – Mamoncillo (Colombia, Venezuela)
- Melicoccus espritosantensis Acevedo-Rodríguez — eastern Brazil
- Melicoccus jimenezii (Alain) Acevedo-Rodríguez — Dominican Republic
- Melicoccus lepidopetalus Radlk. – Motoyoé or Yva Povo (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay), Argentina
- Melicoccus novogranatensis Acevedo-Rodríguez — Colombia and Ecuador
- Melicoccus oliviformis HBK — Mexico, Central and South America and Trinidad
- Melicoccus pedicellaris (Sagot ex Radlk.) Acevedo-Rodríguez Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil
- Melicoccus petiolutatus Acevedo-Rodríguez — Peru
- ^ "Melicoccus P. Browne". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-29. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ^ a b Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro (2003). "Melicocceae (Sapindaceae): Melicoccus and Talisia". Flora Neotropica. 87: 1–178. JSTOR 4393917.