Species
FamilyClusiaceae
Native toArgentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pacific Is.
Use: of the waterproof latex of Clusia species to seal cracks in their water
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Research
159 papers- Biological Activities of Species of the Genus Clusia L (Clusiaceae): A General Approach.Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias · 2024
- Forty years of research into crassulacean acid metabolism in the genus Clusia: anatomy, ecophysiology and evolution.Annals of botany · 2023
- The bioprospecting potential of Clusia fluminensis Planch. & Triana: a scoping review.Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias · 2023
- Clusia: Holy Grail and enigma.Journal of experimental botany · 2008
- Flavonoids, biphenyls and xanthones from the genus Clusia: chemistry, biological activities and chemophenetics relevance.Natural product research · 2025
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thumb|Clusia grandiflora - MHNT
Clusia is the type genus of the flowering plant family Clusiaceae. Comprising 300-400 species, it is native to the Neotropics. The genus is named by Carl Linnaeus in honor of the botanist Carolus Clusius.