Labourdonnaisia calophylloides
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| Labourdonnaisia calophylloides | |
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| Young specimen at Vallée de Ferney | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Genus: | Labourdonnaisia |
| Species: | L. calophylloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Labourdonnaisia calophylloides | |
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Labourdonnaisia calophylloides is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae[2] native to the islands of Mauritius and Réunion in the Indian Ocean.[1]
It reaches heights of 20 meters in the wild, and it develops a very characteristic and ornamental shape, as its leaves bunch together at the very tips of each twig.
