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Genetic diversity of the Neotropical tree Hancornia speciosa Gomes in natural populations in Northeastern Brazil.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 22 Dec 2015
Jimenez H J, Martins L S S, Montarroyos A V V, Silva Junior J F, Alzate-Marin A L, Moraes Filho R M
Abstract excerpt
Mangabeira (Hancornia speciosa Gomes) is a fruit tree of the Apocynaceae family, which is native to Brazil and is a very important food resource for human populations in its areas of occurrence. Mangabeira fruit is collected as an extractive activity, and no domesticated varieties or breeding programs exist. Due to a reduction in the area of ecosystems where it occurs, mangabeira is threatened by genetic erosion...
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