Hancornia

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|genus = Hancornia

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|species = speciosa

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• Echites glaucus Roem. & Schult.
• Hancornia pubescens Nees & Mart.
• Willughbeia pubescens (Nees & Mart.) Mart.
• Hancornia gardneri (A.DC.) Miers

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Hancornia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812. It is native to South America (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay). It contains only one known species, Hancornia speciosa, commonly called mangabeira, which produces fruits known as mangabas.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=96116 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.Morokawa, R. & al. (2013). Apocynaceae s. str. do Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 64: 179-199.