Atroxima

{{short description|Plant species in the family Polygalaceae}}

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|image = Atroxima liberica-1906.jpg

|image_caption = Botanical drawing of Atroxima liberica

|taxon = Atroxima

|authority = Stapf

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Atroxima is a plant genus in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae). It is endemic to Western Tropical Africa.{{cite web |title=Atroxima Stapf |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:32322-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |accessdate=July 5, 2020}} It was first described in 1905 by Otto Stapf in the Journal of the Linnean Society.{{cite web |author1=Australian National Herbarium |author2=Harvard University |author3=Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |title=Atroxima |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/32322-1# |website=International Plant Names Index |accessdate=July 5, 2020}} It was initially in the Polygalaeae tribe before being split off with Carpolobia in 1992 to form the Carpolobieae tribe.{{cite journal |last1=Eriksen |first1=Bente |s2cid=32590790 |title=Phylogeny of the Polygalaceae and its taxonomic implications |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |date=1993 |volume=186 |issue=1/2 |pages=33–55 |doi=10.1007/BF00937712 |jstor=23674643 |bibcode=1993PSyEv.186...33E |issn=0378-2697}} They are lianas or liana-like shrubs which produce shiny, orange, fleshy uni- to tri-locular berries, these can have an area of up to {{convert|5x5x4|cm|in}}.{{cite journal |title=Journal of the Arnold Arbotretum |journal=Journal of the Arnold Arboretum |date=1985 |volume=66 |issue=1 |page=353 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9254602#page/367/mode/1up |accessdate=July 5, 2020 |publisher=Harvard University}}