Visnea
Sign in to saveVisnea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in family Pentaphylacaceae. The genus contains a single species, Visnea mocanera a tree native to the Canary Islands and Madeira.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Visnea is referenced by 5 other articles, and connects out to Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Denmark and plant.
It is catalogued under topics including Conservation dependent plants, Flora of Madeira and Flora of the Canary Islands.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Pentaphylacaceae
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- Visnea mocanera.jpg
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Visnea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in family Pentaphylacaceae. The genus contains a single species, Visnea mocanera a tree native to the Canary Islands and Madeira.
The fruits of the tree (known as Mocan) are edible.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Visnea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.