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Xylopia calophylla

Xylopia calophylla
Photo: The herbarium specimen is attributed to BL Stannard, the photograph is unattributed except to note that it was produced , CC0
Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
S. Venezuela to W. South America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Xylopia calophylla is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Robert Elias Fries, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its beautiful leaves (Latinized forms of Greek καλλι-, calli- and φυλλον, phullon).

Other Xylopia plants

Xylopia acutiflora · Ethiopian pepper · Xylopia africana · Xylopia amplexicaulis · Xylopia arenaria · Xylopia aromatica · Xylopia benthamii · Xylopia brasiliensis · Mongoose Plant · Xylopia cuspidata · Xylopia densiflora · Xylopia discreta

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xylopia calophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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