The Tetramelaceae are a family of
plant
Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...
s formerly classed in the
Datiscaceae
The Datiscaceae are a family of dicotyledonous plants, containing two species of the genus ''Datisca''. Two other genera, ''Octomeles'' and ''Tetrameles'', are now classified in the family Tetramelaceae.
Datiscaceae are large herbaceous plants, ...
family . It contains two genera, ''
Octomeles
''Octomeles'' is a monotypic genus of plant in family Tetramelaceae. The sole species is ''Octomeles sumatrana'', sometimes written ''O. sumatranum''.
''Octomeles sumatrana'', commonly called Benuang, or Ilimo, is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Ma ...
'' and ''
Tetrameles'', each with a single species.
References
Rosid families
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