Dispersal by birds: fleshy fruits
Three genera of shrubs and trees, representing different clades in the family, have independently evolved fleshy bird-dispersed fruits ranging in size from a pea to a small plum; they are
Bunchosia, Byrsonima, and
Malpighia.
Malpighia novogaliciana
Malpighia romeroana
Malpighia stevensii
Byrsonima crassifolia
Bunchosia grayumii
Byrsonima kariniana
Bunchosia mcvaughii
Bunchosia pallescens
Bunchosia veluticarpa
Byrsonima rodriguezii
Byrsonima fonsecae