Chrysobalanaceae
Paradise Plum Family
The Chrysobalanaceae family (Paradise Plum Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Malpighiales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 2 species. Its members are predominantly trees.
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Alternate, simple leaves with small paired stipules on trees; small flowers sit atop a cup-shaped floral tube reminiscent of the rose family, ripening into a drupe with a single hard, ridged stone.
Closely resembles its rose-family relatives in flower structure despite belonging to a separate lineage — two unrelated families converging on the same cup-shaped flower design.
Which Chrysobalanaceae species is this?
Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Chrysobalanaceae species.
To check whether a plant belongs to Chrysobalanaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.
Learn the full family-identification methodFamilies that can look similar
Euphorbiaceae
Compare against Euphorbiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare EuphorbiaceaeClusiaceae
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Compare ClusiaceaeFlacourtiaceae
Compare against Flacourtiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare FlacourtiaceaePassifloraceae
Compare against Passifloraceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare PassifloraceaeAll 2 species in CHRYSOBALANACEAE
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