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Hancornia speciosa

Mangabaeira
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Hancornia speciosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: 'Hancornia
Gomes
Species: H. speciosa
Binomial name
Hancornia speciosa
Gomes
Synonyms
  • Echites glaucus Roem. & Schult.
  • Hancornia pubescens Nees & Mart.
  • Willughbeia pubescens (Nees & Mart.) Mart.
  • Hancornia gardneri (A.DC.) Miers

Hancornia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812. It is native to South America (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay). It contains only one known species, Hancornia speciosa, commonly called mangabaeira, which produces fruits known as managabas.



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