Anaxagorea javanica is a rainforest plant belonging to the family Annonaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to the Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the Philippines. According to David Mabberley, it has fruit which scatter its seeds by exploding. Mabberley does not discuss the nature of the explosion.
Three varieties are accepted. Anaxagorea javanica var. dipetala Anaxagorea javanica var. javanica Anaxagorea javanica var. tripetala
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