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|accepted_name=Calophyllum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 513. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 229. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Alexandrian laurel
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Calophyllaceae;Calophyllum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Calophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Calophyllum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek kalos, beautiful, and phyllon, leaf
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 65
|treatment_page=page 64
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Trees </b>[shrubs], hairy at least on buds, with stilt or loop roots.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem shape;stem shape"><b>Stems </b>± flattened and angled when young.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole shape"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole concave, without adaxial protuberance;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade texture;blade arrangement;blade architecture;blade arrangement;blade arrangement;blade prominence;tertiary vein prominence">blade coriaceous, venation close, apparently unbranched, parallel, uniting to form marginal or submarginal vein and alternating with and usually more prominent than latex canals, without tertiary venation visible between lateral-veins.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>racemiform;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="peduncle presence;rachis presence">peduncle and rachis usually present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract duration;bract size">bracts usually deciduous, small.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal quantity;sepal fusion;pair arrangement;outer sepal quantity">sepals deciduous, 4, distinct, in decussate pairs, outer 1–2 pairs rarely much different from rest;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen architecture or arrangement">stamens obscurely 4-fascicled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="style size;style length">style slender, ca. 4 times as long as ovary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruit architecture"><b>Fruits </b>drupaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="pericarp texture;pericarp texture;pericarp architecture or pubescence or relief">pericarp firm or fleshy, smooth when fresh.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>1.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 16.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Pacific Islands
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Calophyllum includes about ten species in the American tropics, the rest in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, and the Pacific.</p><!--
--><p>Species ca. 190 (1 in the flora).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Calophyllum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Calophyllaceae
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Pacific Islands
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Calophyllum
|blade architecture=unbranched
|blade arrangement=alternating;parallel;close
|blade prominence=more prominent
|blade texture=coriaceous
|bract duration=deciduous
|bract size=small
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|fruit architecture=drupaceous
|inflorescence architecture=racemiform
|outer sepal quantity=1;2
|pair arrangement=decussate
|peduncle presence=absent
|pericarp architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|pericarp texture=fleshy;firm
|petiole shape=concave
|rachis presence=absent
|seed quantity=1
|sepal duration=deciduous
|sepal fusion=distinct
|sepal quantity=4
|stamen architecture or arrangement=4-fascicled
|stem shape=angled;flattened
|style length=4 times as long as ovary
|style size=slender
|tertiary vein prominence=visible
|whole_organism growth form=tree
|whole_organism pubescence=hairy
|x chromosome quantity=16
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