Ellipeia Hooker and Thomson (custard apple)
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Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Parent taxon: Anonaceae according to M. Prasad 2008
Sister taxa: Alphonsea, Annona, Anonaspermum, Artabotrys, Asimina, Cananga, Commiphora, Dendrokingstonia, Desmos, Fissistigma, Goniothalamus, Guatteria, Jongmansia, Lettowianthus, Mayogynophyllum, Meiogyne, Melodorum, Miliusa, Mitrephora, Orophea, Platymitra, Polyalthia, Polyalthiopsis, Polyalthioxylon, Popowia, Uvaria, Xylopiaecarpum
Subtaxa: Ellipeia miocenica
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Road Cutting, Thuligad to Purniyagiri Temple (Miocene to Pliocene of India)
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