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Apocynaceae

Mangabeira

Hancornia speciosa Gomes

Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Hancornia

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Mangabeira (Hancornia speciosa)
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Duarte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)
Czech
Hankornie ozdobná
English
Mangabeira, Mangaba, Mangaba tree
Esperanto
Mangabo, Mangab-arbo, Mangabujo
Japanese
マンガバ
Portuguese
Mangaba
Slovenian
Mangabeira

Synonyms

  • Echites glaucus Roem. & Schult.
  • Hancornia gardneri Miers
  • Hancornia pubescens Nees & Mart.
  • Hancornia pubescens f. glabrata Markgr.
  • Hancornia pubescens var. gardneri A.DC.
  • Hancornia speciosa f. glabrata Markgr.
  • Hancornia speciosa var. cuyabensis Malme
  • Hancornia speciosa var. gardneri Müll.Arg.
  • Hancornia speciosa var. lundii A.DC.
  • Hancornia speciosa var. maximiliani A.DC.
  • Hancornia speciosa var. minor Müll.Arg.
  • Hancornia speciosa var. pubescens (Nees & Mart.) Müll.Arg.
  • Hancornia speciosa var. speciosa
  • Hancornia speciosa var. stenophylla Müll.Arg.
  • Willughbeia pubescens (Nees & Mart.) Mart.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.