Botanical Family · Malpighiales
Chrysobalanaceae
Paradise Plum Family
2 speciesOrder Malpighiales
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.
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Found in Travancore forests
None notable
All 2 species in CHRYSOBALANACEAE
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