| Pourouma | |
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| Pourouma guianensis leaf | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Tribe: | Cecropieae |
| Genus: | Pourouma Aubl. |
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Pourouma is a genus of at least 20–25 species of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae, or alternately, the Cecropiaceae, native to tropical regions of Central and South America.
The species are trees growing to 20 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, palmately veined, with an entire margin. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The fruit is fleshy.
- Selected species
- Pourouma bicolor
- Pourouma bolivarensis
- Pourouma cecropiifolia — Amazon grape, mapati
- Pourouma cordata
- Pourouma montana
- Pourouma napoensis
- Pourouma oraria
- Pourouma petiolulata
- Pourouma saulensis
- Pourouma stipulacea
References
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Pourouma
- ^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
- ^ Berg, C.C.; Kooy., F. (1982). "Three new species of Pourouma (Cecropiaceae) of the Guiana region". Brittonia. 34 (1): 36–41. Bibcode:1982Britt..34...36B. doi:10.2307/2806398. JSTOR 2806398. S2CID 84949011.
- ^ Berg, C.C. (2004). "Two new species of Pourouma (Cecropiaceae) from South America". Brittonia. 56 (3): 255–9. doi:10.1663/0007-196x(2004)056[0255:tnsopc]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 3218342. S2CID 6937023.
- Berg, C.C. (1990). "New species of Coussapoa and Pourouma (Cecropiaceae)". Brittonia. 42 (1): 59–65. Bibcode:1990Britt..42...59B. doi:10.2307/2807030. JSTOR 2807030. S2CID 37667588.
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