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Micropholis is genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae, described in 1891.
These trees are native to tropical South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies. Most are locally known as "cafetos", literally meaning "coffee plants". But while both Micropholis and the coffeeplant genus Coffea are asterids, the present genus is part of the Ericales – a quite basal asterid lineage – while Coffea belongs to the more advanced Gentianales.
Micropholis brochidodroma · Micropholis casiquiarensis · Micropholis caudata · Micropholis cayennensis · Micropholis compta · Micropholis crassipedicellata · Micropholis cylindrocarpa · Micropholis emarginata · Caimitillo verde · Micropholis gnaphaloclados · Micropholis grandiflora · Micropholis humboldtiana
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