Blepharocarya

{{Short description|Genus of trees}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2024}}

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|image=Blepharocarya involucrigera Kewarra 4827.jpg

|image_caption = Blepharocarya involucrigera

|taxon = Blepharocarya

|authority = F.Muell.

|subdivision_ranks= Species

|subdivision = See text

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Blepharocarya is a genus of trees from northern Australia, in the family Anacardiaceae. They are dioecious trees with opposite leaves, a trait rather unusual within the Anacardiaceae.{{cite journal|jstor= 43927570|last1= Mitchell|first1= John D.|title= The Poisonous Anacardiaceae Genera of the World|journal= Advances in Economic Botany|year= 1990|volume= 8|pages= 103–129}}

Species include:{{cite web|title=Blepharocarya|work=The Plant List|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Anacardiaceae/Blepharocarya|access-date=26 August 2013}}{{Cite web | url= http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Blepharocarya | title= Blepharocarya F.Muell. | access-date= 26 August 2013 | work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database | publisher= Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra }}

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