Overview
They are medium-size trees, 15–30 m tall at maturity. The leaves are simple, lanceolate to broad lanceolate, varying with species from 5–30 cm long and 2–12 cm broad, and arranged spirally or alternately on the stems. The flowers are in short panicles, with six small greenish-yellow perianth segments 3–6 mm long, nine stamens and an ovary with a single embryo. The fruit is an oval or pear-shaped drupe, with a fleshy outer covering surrounding the single seed; size is very variable between the species, from 1-1.5 cm in e.g. P. borbonia and P. indica, up to 10–20 cm in P. americana.
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