Parinari

Parinari is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae.^[2]

Parinari
Parinari curatellifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Chrysobalanaceae
Genus:	Parinari Aubl.[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Balantium Desv. Dugortia Scop. Ferolia Barrère ex Kuntze Lepidocarpa Korth. Parinarium Juss. Petrocarya Schreb.

Parinari montana - MHNT

Species of genus Parinari are found in Subsaharan Africa from Senegal to Sudan and Kenya and south to Namibia and Natal; in Eastern Madagascar; from Indochina through Indonesia, New Guinea, northern Queensland, and the southwest Pacific; and in Central and South America from Costa Rica to Trinidad and southern Brazil.^[1][2] The oldest fossils of Parinari fruits are from the early Miocene of Ethiopia, Panama, and Colombia.^[2]

The genus is closely related to Neocarya.^[3]

Parinari can be distinguished from other genera in Chrysobalanaceae by the following characteristics:^[4]

• zygomorphic floral symmetry
• 6-10 unilaterally-attached stamens per flower
• ovary at side or mouth of receptacle-tube
• leaf lower surface lanate and with hair-filled stomatal cavities and parallel secondaries closely spaced
• pair of glands on leaf petiole
• large, woody fruits

Species

As of May 2014^[update] The Plant List recognises 42 accepted species (including infraspecific names):^[5]

• Parinari alvimii Prance
• Parinari anamensis Hance – Annamese burada
• Parinari argenteo-sericea Kosterm.
• Parinari brasiliensis (Schott) Hook.f.
• Parinari campestris Aubl.
• Parinari canarioides Kosterm.
• Parinari capensis Harv. – Dwarf mobola plum
• Parinari cardiophylla Ducke
• Parinari chocoensis Prance
• Parinari congensis Didr.
• Parinari congolana T.Durand & H.Durand
• Parinari costata (Korth.) Blume
  • subsp. polyneura (Miq.) Prance
  • subsp. rubiginosa (Ridl.) Prance
• Parinari curatellifolia Planch. ex Benth. – Mobola plum
• Parinari elmeri Merr.
• Parinari excelsa Sabine – Guinea plum
• Parinari gigantea Kosterm.
• Parinari hypochrysea Mildbr. ex Letouzey & F.White
• Parinari insularum A.Gray
• Parinari klugii Prance
• Parinari leontopitheci Prance
• Parinari littoralis Prance
• Parinari maguirei Prance
• Parinari metallica Kosterm.
• Parinari montana Aubl.
• Parinari nonda F.Muell. ex Benth. – Nonda plum
• Parinari oblongifolia Hook.f.
• Parinari obtusifolia Hook.f.
• Parinari occidentalis Prance
• Parinari pachyphylla Rusby
• Parinari panamensis Jud, Nelson & Herrera
• Parinari papuana C.T.White
  • subsp. salomonensis (C.T.White) Prance
• Parinari parilis J.F.Macbr.
• Parinari parva Kosterm.
• Parinari parvifolia Sandwith
• Parinari prancei Kosterm.
• Parinari rigida Kosterm.
• Parinari rodolphii Huber
• Parinari romeroi Prance
• Parinari sprucei Hook.f.
• Parinari sumatrana (Jack) Benth.