Labramia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1844. De Candolle initially named the genus Delastrea,Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1841. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 195-196 in Latin which is a homonym for an older fungus name by Tulasne, so De Candolle changed the name to Labramia in the appendix to the same book.Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1841. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 672 in LatinTropicos, Labramia A. DC.
Labramia is native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean (Madagascar and nearby Mayotte).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Species Ten species are accepted. Labramia ambondrombeensis – Madagascar Labramia ankaranaensis Aubrév. - Madagascar Labramia boivinii (Pierre) Aubrév. - Madagascar Labramia bojeri A.DC. - Madagascar Labramia capuronii Aubrév. - Madagascar Labramia costata (Hartog ex Baill.) Aubrév. - Madagascar Labramia louvelii Aubrév. - Madagascar Labramia mayottensis Labat, M.Pignal & O.Pascal - Mayotte Labramia platanoides Capuron ex Aubrév. - Madagascar Labramia sambiranensis Capuron ex Aubrév. - Madagascar
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