Uvaria
Encyclopedia
Uvaria is a genus of flowering plants in the soursop
family, Annonaceae
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Soursop
The Soursop is tripti broadleaf, flowering, evergreen tree native to Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America, Colombia and Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Soursop is also native to sub-Saharan African countries that lie within the tropics. Today, it is also grown in some areas...
family, Annonaceae
Annonaceae
Annonaceae, also called the custard apple familyis a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs or rarely lianas.With about 2300 to 2500 species and more than 130 genera,...
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Selected species
- Uvaria calamistrata Hance
- Uvaria chamaeUvaria chamaeUvaria chamae, commonly known as finger root or bush banana is a climbing large shrub or small tree native to tropical West and Central Africa where it grows in wet and dry forests and coastal scrublands. The common name refers to the fruit growing in its small bunches; the fruit is edible and...
P.Beauv. – Finger-root - Uvaria grandiflora (Lesch. ex DC.) Roxb.
- Uvaria kweichowensisUvaria kweichowensisUvaria kweichowensis is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to China.-References:* China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
P.T.Li - Uvaria hahinii
- Uvaria purpurea Blume
- Uvaria rufaUvaria rufaUvaria rufa, commonly known as Susung-kalabaw is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.-Description:...
(Dunal) Blume; Susung-kalabaw - Uvaria scandens C.B.Rob.
- Uvaria sorzogonensis C. Presl
Formerly placed here
- Alphonsea lutea (Roxb.) Hook.f. & Thomson (as U. lutea Roxb.)
- Kadsura heteroclita (Roxb.) Craib (as U. heteroclita Roxb.)
- Kadsura japonicaKadsura japonicaKadsura japonica , is a plant species native to Japan .-Cultivation:...
(L.) Dunal (as U. japonica L.) - Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson (as U. odorata Lam.)
- Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) J.Sinclair (as U. tomentosa Roxb.)
- Oxandra lanceolata (Sw.) Baill. (as U. lanceolata Sw.)
- Oxandra laurifolia (Sw.) A.Rich. (as U. laurifolia Sw.)
- Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd. (as U. cerasoides Roxb.)
- Polyalthia longifoliaPolyalthia longifoliaPolyalthia longifolia is a lofty evergreen tree, native to India, commonly planted due to its effectiveness in alleviating noise pollution. It exhibits symmetrical pyramidal growth with willowy weeping pendulous branches and long narrow lanceolate leaves with undulate margins...
(Sonn.) Thwaites (as U. longifolia Sonn.) - Polyalthia suberosa (Roxb.) Thwaites (as U. suberosa Roxb.)
- Xylopia aromaticaXylopia aromaticaXylopia aromatica is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family.It is a tree native to Cerrado grassland vegetation, particularly in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais, in eastern Brazil....
(Lam.) Mart. (as U. aromatica Lam.)