Anaxagorea javanica

Anaxagorea javanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Anaxagorea
Species:
A. javanica
Binomial name
Anaxagorea javanica
Blume

Anaxagorea javanica is a rainforest plant belonging to the Custard Apple Family Annonaceae. It is native to the East Indies. According to D. J. Mabberley, this plant has a fruit which scatters its seeds by exploding.[1] Mabberley does not discuss the nature of the explosion.

References

  1. ^ Heywood Ph.D., Prof. V.H. (1978). Flowering Plants of the World. New York: Mayflower Books. p. 30. ISBN 0-8317-3400-0.


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