# Hancornia

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{{short description|Species of plant}}
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|image = Hancornia speciosa (1).jpg
|image_caption = ''Hancornia speciosa'' 
|image2 = Picked mangaba fruit.png
|display_parents = 4
|genus = Hancornia
|parent_authority = {{ill|Bernardino António Gomes|pt|lt=Gomes}}
|species = speciosa
|authority = {{ill|Bernardino António Gomes|pt|lt=Gomes}}
|synonyms =
*''Echites glaucus'' <small>Roem. & Schult.</small>
*''Hancornia pubescens'' <small>Nees & Mart.</small>
*''Willughbeia pubescens'' <small>(Nees & Mart.) Mart.</small>
*''Hancornia gardneri'' <small>(A.DC.) Miers</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=wcsp/>
}}
'''''Hancornia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Apocynaceae](/source/Apocynaceae), first described as a genus in 1812. It is native to [South America](/source/South_America) ([Brazil](/source/Brazil), [Peru](/source/Peru), [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia), [Paraguay](/source/Paraguay)). It contains only one known species, '''''Hancornia speciosa''''', commonly called '''mangabeira''', which produces fruits known as '''mangabas'''.<ref name=wcsp>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=96116 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.</ref><ref>Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.</ref><ref>Morokawa, R. & al. (2013). Apocynaceae s. str. do Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 64: 179-199.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{in lang|pt}} [http://florabrasiliensis.cria.org.br/search?taxon_id=2102 Flora Brasiliensis: ''Hancornia'']

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Category:Monotypic Apocynaceae genera
Category:Trees of South America
Category:Flora of Brazil
Category:Flora of Bolivia
Category:Flora of Paraguay
Category:Flora of Peru
Category:Rauvolfioideae
Category:Symbols of Sergipe

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