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'''''Flacourtia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the in the [[willow]] family, [[Salicaceae]]. It was previously placed in the now defunct family [[Flacourtiaceae]].<ref name="GRIN"/> The generic name honors [[Étienne de Flacourt]] (1607–1660), a governor of [[Madagascar]]. It contains 15 species of [[shrub]]s and small [[tree]]s that are native to the [[Africa]]n and [[Asia]]n [[tropics]] and [[subtropics]]. Several species, especially ''[[Flacourtia indica|F. indica]]'', are cultivated as [[Ornamental plant|ornamentals]] and for their [[fruit]]s.<ref name="Everett">{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=h6xcnf5TksYC |title=The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture |volume=4 |first=Thomas H. |last=Everett |publisher=Courier Corporation |year=1981 |isbn=9780824072346 |pages=2376–2377}}</ref>

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Flacourtia (Etienne de Flacourt, 1607-1660, General Director of the French East India Company. Governor of Madagascar and author of a history of Madagascar). Flacourtiaceae. One of the species, a shrub with edible fruits, is cultivated in the tropics and has been introduced in southern California and perhaps elsewhere.

Flacourtia (Etienne de Flacourt, 1607-1660, General Director of the French East India Company. Governor of Madagascar and author of a history of Madagascar). Flacourtiaceae. One of the species, a shrub with edible fruits, is cultivated in the tropics and has been introduced in southern California and perhaps elsewhere.

==Species==

==Species==

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* ''[[Flacourtia indica]]'' <small>(Burm.f.) Merr.</small> - Batoko Plum (southern [[Asia]], [[Madagascar]])<ref name="Everett"/>

* ''[[Flacourtia jangomas]]'' <small>[[João de Loureiro|(Lour.)]] [[Ernst Adolf Raeuschel |Raeusch.]]</small> - Indian Plum ([[Tropical Asia]])

*''[[Flacourtia rukam]]'' <small>Zoll. & Moritzi</small> - Rukam ([[Malaysia]])<ref name="Everett"/><ref name="GRINSpecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?4695 |title=Species Records of ''Flacourtia'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2006-03-30 |accessdate=2010-02-07}}</ref>

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