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    This document provides descriptions of four plant genera within the family Apocynaceae: - Aspidosperma includes trees up to 25 meters tall with fenestrate trunks and alternate leaves. The fruit is a yellow berry up to 3.5 cm long containing 6-10 seeds surrounded by flesh. - Geissospermum are trees up to 20 meters tall with alternate, spiral leaves clustered at branch tips. The fruit is a pair of dark brown follicles up to 35 cm long containing numerous seeds completely surrounded by a wing. - Himatanthus consists of trees up to 20 meters tall often found in disturbed areas with alternate, spiral leaves clustered at branch tips. The fruit is a pair of brown follic

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    This document provides descriptions of four plant genera within the family Apocynaceae: - Aspidosperma includes trees up to 25 meters tall with fenestrate trunks and alternate leaves. The fruit is a yellow berry up to 3.5 cm long containing 6-10 seeds surrounded by flesh. - Geissospermum are trees up to 20 meters tall with alternate, spiral leaves clustered at branch tips. The fruit is a pair of dark brown follicles up to 35 cm long containing numerous seeds completely surrounded by a wing. - Himatanthus consists of trees up to 20 meters tall often found in disturbed areas with alternate, spiral leaves clustered at branch tips. The fruit is a pair of brown follic

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    10 Family and Genus Descriptions: Geissospermum

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    This document provides descriptions of four plant genera within the family Apocynaceae: - Aspidosperma includes trees up to 25 meters tall with fenestrate trunks and alternate leaves. The fruit is a yellow berry up to 3.5 cm long containing 6-10 seeds surrounded by flesh. - Geissospermum are trees up to 20 meters tall with alternate, spiral leaves clustered at branch tips. The fruit is a pair of dark brown follicles up to 35 cm long containing numerous seeds completely surrounded by a wing. - Himatanthus consists of trees up to 20 meters tall often found in disturbed areas with alternate, spiral leaves clustered at branch tips. The fruit is a pair of brown follic

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    Family and Genus Descriptions

    Apocynaceae - Aspidosperma (0.95x; 58.55 x 37.99) Apocynaceae - Forsteronia (0.77x; 19.04 x 1.92)

    Geissospermum F. Allen. Trees to 25 m tall, with


    fenestrate trunk. Leaves alternate. Infructescence ter-
    minal or axillary and seeming to be borne from the
    stems. Fruit a berry to 3.5 cm long, yellow when ma-
    ture. Seeds 6–10 per fruit, surrounded by a milky,
    fleshy mesocarp. Distribution: Guianas, Brazil, Bo-
    livia to Peru.

    Apocynaceae - Aspidosperma (0.57x; 101.67 x 80)

    Apocynaceae - Geissospermum (2.86x; 13.41 x 10.37)

    Himatanthus Willd. Trees to 20 m tall, often grow-


    ing in disturbed areas. Leaves alternate, spiral, clus-
    tered at branch apex. Latex white, abundant. Fruit a
    follicle, in pairs, to 35 cm long, dark brown when
    mature. Seeds numerous per fruit, completely sur-
    rounded by a wing of the same color. Wood is har-
    vested for lumber. Latex, roots and fruit reported to
    Apocynaceae - Aspidosperma (0.47x; 106.44 x 103.95) have medicinal properties. Distribution: Guianas,
    Brazil, Bolivia to Peru.

    Forsteronia G.F.W. Mey. Lianas. Leaves opposite;


    some species with foliar glands. Latex white. Infruc-
    tescence axillary or terminal. Fruit a pair of elongate,
    linear, cylindrical follicles to 20 cm long, brown
    when mature. Seeds numerous per fruit, plumose,
    the hairs golden-yellow. Distribution: Guianas, Brazil,
    Bolivia to Peru.

    Apocynaceae - Himatanthus (1x; 52.7 x 44.87)

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