Flacourtia
Sign in to saveFlacourtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae. The generic name honors Étienne de Flacourt (1607–1660), a governor of Madagascar. It contains 23 species of shrubs and small trees that are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species, especially Flacourtia indica, are cultivated as ornamentals and for their fruits. The trunks of small trees are often guarded by branching spines.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilySalicaceae
General: (giving a ‘crown’ appearance on the apex). Flacourtia and Xylosma
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 361
- With media
- 276
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Collections
- MICH, MO, CAS, BRIT
- Recorded in
- India, Benin, Cameroon, Vanuatu, Philippines, Indonesia, Guinea, Nigeria
Research
50 papers- Flacourtia indica fruit extract modulated antioxidant gene expression, prevented oxidative stress and ameliorated kidney dysfunction in isoprenaline administered rats.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2021
- Bioactive constituents from Flacourtia vogelii Hook.f. (Flacourtiaceae).Natural product research · 2023
- The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Flacourtia jangomas.Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2019
- Isolation of methyl caffeate and flacourtin from Flacourtia jangomas with comprehensive in-vitro and in-vivo pharmacological evaluation.Heliyon · 2024
- A new phenolic glycoside from the leaves of Flacourtia flavescens Willd.Natural product research · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Species
- Formerly placed here
- References
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Flacourtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae. The generic name honors Étienne de Flacourt (1607–1660), a governor of Madagascar. It contains 23 species of shrubs and small trees that are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species, especially Flacourtia indica, are cultivated as ornamentals and for their fruits. The trunks of small trees are often guarded by branching spines.
==Species== As accepted by Plants of the World Online; Flacourtia amalotricha Flacourtia cavaleriei Flacourtia degeneri Flacourtia flavescens Flacourtia helferi Flacourtia indica – southern Asia, Madagascar Flacourtia inermis (Batoko plum) Flacourtia jangomas – (Indian coffee plum) Tropical Asia Flacourtia kinabaluensis Flacourtia latifolia Flacourtia mollipila Flacourtia mollis Flacourtia montana Flacourtia occidentalis Flacourtia oppositifolia Flacourtia ramontchi Flacourtia rukam – (Rukam) Indonesia Flacourtia subintegra Flacourtia territorialis Flacourtia tomentella Flacourtia vitiensis Flacourtia vogelii Flacourtia zippelii
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Flacourtia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.