Guinea plum | |
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P. excelsa by J. Decaisne in Florae Senegambiae, 1833 | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Chrysobalanaceae |
Genus: | Parinari |
Species: | P. excelsa
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Binomial name | |
Parinari excelsa | |
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Parinari excelsa, the Guinea plum,[2] is a species of large, evergreen tree in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It has a very wide distribution in tropical Africa and the Americas.[3][4] This species grows to 50 m (160 ft) tall while the trunk is up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter.[4]
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