page_title: Parinari
hierarchical_section_title: Parinari
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Parinari montana, , samenEnglish&#x3a;&#32; Parinari montana, , seedsFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Parinari montana, , graines
context_page_description: Parinari is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae.
  Species of genus Parinari are found in Subsaharan Africa from Senegal to Sudan and Kenya and south to Namibia and Natal; in Eastern Madagascar; from Indochina through Indonesia, New Guinea, northern Queensland, and the southwest Pacific; and in Central and South America from Costa Rica to Trinidad and southern Brazil. The oldest fossils of Parinari fruits are from the early Miocene of Ethiopia, Panama, and Colombia.
  The genus is closely related to Neocarya.
  Parinari can be distinguished from other genera in Chrysobalanaceae by the following characteristics:
  zygomorphic floral symmetry
  6-10 unilaterally-attached stamens per flower
  ovary at side or mouth of receptacle-tube
  leaf lower surface lanate and with hair-filled stomatal cavities and parallel secondaries closely spaced
  pair of glands on leaf petiole
  large, woody fruits
context_section_description: Parinari is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae.
  Species of genus Parinari are found in Subsaharan Africa from Senegal to Sudan and Kenya and south to Namibia and Natal; in Eastern Madagascar; from Indochina through Indonesia, New Guinea, northern Queensland, and the southwest Pacific; and in Central and South America from Costa Rica to Trinidad and southern Brazil. The oldest fossils of Parinari fruits are from the early Miocene of Ethiopia, Panama, and Colombia.
  The genus is closely related to Neocarya.
  Parinari can be distinguished from other genera in Chrysobalanaceae by the following characteristics:
  zygomorphic floral symmetry
  6-10 unilaterally-attached stamens per flower
  ovary at side or mouth of receptacle-tube
  leaf lower surface lanate and with hair-filled stomatal cavities and parallel secondaries closely spaced
  pair of glands on leaf petiole
  large, woody fruits
caption: Parinari montana - MHNT
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