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Pouteria ''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees in the gutta-percha family (biology), family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical Americas, with outlier species in Cameroon and Malesia. It includes the canistel ...

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Species

Five species are currently accepted: * '' Aningeria adolfi-friederici'' (synonym ''Pouteria adolfi-friederici'') – eastern Africa, from southwestern Ethiopia to Zimbabwe * '' Aningeria altissima'' (synonym ''Pouteria altissima'') – tropical Africa, from Guinea to Ethiopia, and from South Sudan to Zambia. * '' Aningeria pierrei'' – western and central tropical Africa, from Guinea Bissau to the Central African Republic * ''

Aningeria pseudoracemosa ''Aningeria pseudoracemosa'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania. It is known from three locations – in Kimboza Forest Reserve east of the Uluguru Mountains, and at low elevations in the East Usambara Moun ...

'' – eastern Tanzania * '' Aningeria superba'' – Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

{{taxonbar, from=Q43267165 Sapotaceae genera Taxa named by François Pellegrin Flora of the Afrotropical realm Chrysophylloideae