Ximenia americana

Characteristics
Dicots
XIMENIACEAE
Ximenia
Ximenia americana L.
TALLOW WOOD; HOG PLUM
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A pantropical species, Ximenia americana is a facultative root parasite, and is able to parasitize a wide range of hosts (DeFilipps 1969; Musselman & Mann, Jr. 1979) like many species of the Santalales order. It may also occasionally form haustoria onto its own roots or on inanimate objects (DeFilipps 1969).
Native FACU (NWPL)
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Classification
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SANTALALES
Ximenia
Ximenia americana L. - TALLOW WOOD; HOG PLUM
Citation
XIMENIA AMERICANA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1193. 1753.
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"Tropical America", without data, Herb. Clifford 483(Ximenia 1) (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Lucas, in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Olacaceae 5. 1968.
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Species Distribution Map
Plant Photos
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