ON THIS PLANT
Xylopia discreta is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Carl Linnaeus the Younger, the botanist who first formally described the species using the basionym Unona discreta, named it after its purple, aromatic fruit which set it apart (discretus in Latin) from other members of the family.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Xylopia
- Family
- Annonaceae
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