NOUN | plant | Vangueria, genus Vangueria | tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit |
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Meaning | Tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit. | |
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Synonym | genus Vangueria | |
Member of | Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder family | widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs |
Members | Spanish tamarind, Vangueria madagascariensis | shrubby tree of Madagascar / Madagascar occasionally cultivated for its edible apple-shaped fruit |
wild medlar, wild medlar tree, medlar, Vangueria infausta | small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit | |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
Spanish | genus vangueria, vangueria | |
Catalan | genus vangueria, vangueria |
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