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Synsepalum

{{Short description|Family of shrubs and trees}}

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|image = MiracleBerry.jpg

|image_caption = Miracle fruit, Synsepalum dulcificum

|taxon = Synsepalum

|authority = (A.DC.) Daniell{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11804 |title=Synsepalum (A. DC.) Daniell |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2009-03-31 |accessdate=2010-02-27}}

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|synonyms =

  • Afrosersalisia A.Chev.
  • Bakeriella Pierre ex Dubard
  • Bakerisideroxylon Engl.
  • Lasersisia Liben, not validly published
  • Pachystela Pierre ex Engl.
  • Pseudopachystela Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Rogeonella A.Chev.
  • Sideroxylon section Synsepalum A.DC[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/163139#page/191/mode/1up Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 183-184] in Latin
  • Stironeurum Radlk. ex De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Tulestea Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Vincentella Pierre

}}

Synsepalum is a genus of trees and shrubs in the chicle family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1852.Daniel. 1852. Pharmaceutical journal and Transactions; a weekly record of pharmacy and allied sciences 11: 446[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50310597 Tropicos, Synsepalum (A. DC.) Daniell ]

Synsepalum is native to the tropical lowlands of Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=199100 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Species

37 species are accepted.{{cite web |title=Synsepalum (A.DC.) Daniell |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36894-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=7 April 2025}}

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  1. Synsepalum afzelii {{small|(Engl.) T.D.Penn.}} – Western Africa
  2. Synsepalum aubrevillei {{small|(Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.}} – Ivory Coast
  3. Synsepalum batesii {{small|(A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.}} – Cameroon
  4. Synsepalum bequaertii {{small|De Wild.}} – Democratic Republic of the Congo
  5. Synsepalum brenanii {{small|(Heine) T.D.Penn.}} – Cameroon
  6. Synsepalum brevipes {{small|(Baker) T.D.Penn.}} – tropical Africa
  7. Synsepalum buluensis {{small|(Greves) ined.}} – Gabon and Cabinda
  8. Synsepalum carrieanum {{small|(Dubard) Pierre ex ined.}} – Republic of the Congo
  9. Synsepalum cerasiferum {{small|(Welw.) T.D.Penn.}} – tropical Africa
  10. Synsepalum chimanimani {{small|Rokni & I.Darbysh.}} – Mozambique, Zimbabwe{{cite journal |last1=Rokni |first1=Saba |last2=Wursten |first2=Bart |last3=Darbyshire |first3=Iain |title=Synsepalum chimanimani (Sapotaceae), a new species from the Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe, with notes on the botanical importance of this area |url=https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/38694/ |journal=PhytoKeys |accessdate=24 December 2019 |date=16 October 2019|issue=133 |pages=115–132 |doi=10.3897/phytokeys.133.38694 |doi-access=free |pmid=31662617 |pmc=6811373 }}
  11. Synsepalum congolense {{small|Lecomte}} – Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  12. Synsepalum dulcificum {{small|(Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell}} – West and Central Africa
  13. Synsepalum fleuryanum {{small|A.Chev.}} – Gabon
  14. Synsepalum gabonense {{small|(Aubrév. & Pellegr.) T.D.Penn.}} – Gabon
  15. Synsepalum kassneri {{small| (Engl.) T.D.Penn.}} – Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
  16. Synsepalum lastoursvillense {{small|(Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined.}} – Gabon
  17. Synsepalum laurentii {{small|(De Wild.) D.J.Harris}} – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic
  18. Synsepalum letestui {{small|Aubrév. & Pellegr.}} – Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Central African Republic
  19. Synsepalum letouzeyi {{small|Aubrév.}} – Cameroon, Central African Republic
  20. Synsepalum msolo {{small|(Engl.) T.D.Penn.}} – West and Central Africa
  21. Synsepalum muelleri {{small|(Kupicha) T.D.Penn.}} – Malawi, Mozambique
  22. Synsepalum ntimii {{small|W.D.Hawth.}} – Liberia and Ghana
  23. Synsepalum nyangense {{small| (Pellegr.) McPhersen & J.T.White}} – Gabon
  24. Synsepalum ogouense {{small|Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined.}} – Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  25. Synsepalum ovatostipulatum {{small|(De Wild.) ined.}} – Democratic Republic of the Congo
  26. Synsepalum oyemense {{small|(Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined.}} – Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  27. Synsepalum passargei {{small|(Engl.) T.D.Penn.}} – tropical Africa
  28. Synsepalum pobeguinianum {{small|(Dubard) Aké Assi & L.Gaut.}} – West Africa
  29. Synsepalum revolutum {{small|(Baker) T.D.Penn.}} – West and Central Africa
  30. Synsepalum seretii {{small|(De Wild.) T.D.Penn.}} – Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  31. Synsepalum stipulatum {{small|(Radlk.) Engl.}} – Central Africa
  32. Synsepalum subcordatum {{small| De Wild.}} – Central Africa
  33. Synsepalum subverticillatum {{small|(E.A.Bruce) T.D.Penn.}} – Kenya
  34. Synsepalum tomentosum {{small|(Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined.}} – Gabon
  35. Synsepalum tsounkpe {{small|Aubrév. & Pellegr.}} – Ivory Coast
  36. Synsepalum ulugurense {{small|(Engl.) Engl.}} – Tanzania
  37. Synsepalum zenkeri {{small|Aubrév. & Pellegr.}} – Republic of the Congo, Cameroon

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Category:Sapotaceae genera

Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm

Category:Taxa described in 1852