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Genipa

Genipa is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae. This genus is native to the American tropical forests.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Genipap Tree

speciesGenipa americana

Genipa infundibuliformis

speciesGenipa infundibuliformis

Genipa spruceana

speciesGenipa spruceana

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

genip-trees in Historia naturalis Brasiliae

Historia naturalis Brasiliae

Willem Piso / Georg Marcgraf · 1648 · p.237

genip-trees in Elements of Botany

Elements of Botany

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.188

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 118966.