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Meliaceae
Meliaceae, the mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs (and a few herbaceous plants, mangroves) in the order Sapindales. They are characterised by alternate, usually pinnate leaves without stipules, and by syncarpous, apparently bisexual (but actually mostly cryptically unisexual) flowers borne in panicles, cymes, spikes or clusters. Most species are evergreen, but some are deciduous, either in the dry season or in winter. The family includes about 53 genera and about 600 known species, with a pantropical distribution; one genus ('' Toona'') extends north into temperate China and south into southeast Australia, another (''Synoum'') into southeast Australia, and another (''Melia'') nearly as far north. They most commonly grow as understory trees in rainforests, but are also found in mangroves and arid regions. The fossil record of the family extends back into the Late Cretaceous. Uses Various species are used for vegetable oil, soap-making, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carapa
''Carapa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. These are trees up to 30 meters tall occurring in tropical South America, Central America,Hogan, C. M. 2008Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests.Encyclopedia of Earth, World Wildlife Fund, National Council of Science and the Environment. and Africa. Common names include andiroba and crabwood. Diversity The list of species within this genus is still under discussion. Generally recognized species are: *'' Carapa guianensis'' (andiroba, crabwood): Amazon Region, Central America, Caribbean *'' Carapa megistocarpa'' (tangare): Ecuador *'' Carapa procera'' (African crabwood, kowi, okoto): West Africa, the Congos Other proposed species: *'' Carapa akuri'' *'' Carapa alticola'' *'' Carapa longipetala'' *'' Carapa nicaraguensis'' *'' Carapa vasquezii'' Uses The timber is important, and oil is produced from the seeds. The name andiroba is from Nheengatu ''nhandi rob'', meaning "bitter oil". ''Carapa guianensis'' pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedrela Odorata
''Cedrela'' is a genus of several species in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. They are evergreen or dry-season deciduous trees with pinnate leaves, native to the tropical and subtropical New World, from southern Mexico south to northern Argentina. On 28 October 2022, all Neo-tropic ''Cedrela'' species were added to the list of species requiring international protections, in CITES Appendix II.CoP18 listing of valuable Teatfish and Cedrela species in CITES Appendix II enters into force , Author: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora , Date: 28 October 2022 , URL: https://cites.org/eng/teatfish_cedrela_listing_AppendixII_CITES_28082020 , CITES , access-date = 2023-07-14 Taxonomy These species are currently accepted: *'' Cedrela angustifolia'' Sessé & Moc. ex C.DC. – Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru *'' Cedrela discolor'' S.F. Blake *'' Cedrela dugesii'' S.Watson *'' Cedrela fissilis'' Vell. – Costa Rica south to Argentin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lansium Domesticum
''Lansium domesticum'', commonly known as langsat () or lanzones, ,--) is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae with commercially cultivated edible fruits. The species is native to Southeast Asia, from peninsular Thailand and Malaysia to Indonesia and the Philippines. Description The tree is average sized, reaching in height and in diameter. 30 years old trees grown from seed and planted at 8 × 8 meter spacing can have a height of 10 meters and diameter of 25 cm. The trunk grows in an irregular manner, with its buttress roots showing above ground. The tree's bark is a greyish colour, with light and dark spots. Its resin is thick and milk coloured. The Pinnate, pinnately compound leaves occur in odd numbers, with thin hair, and 6 to 9 buds at intervals. The buds are long and elliptical, approximately by in size. The upper edge shines, and the leaves themselves have pointed bases and tips. The stems of the buds measure . The flowers are located in inflor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guarea
''Guarea'' is a genus of evergreen trees or shrubs in the family Meliaceae, native to tropical Africa and Central and South America. At their largest, they are large trees 20–45 m tall, with a trunk over 1 m diameter, often buttressed at the base. The leaves are pinnate, with 4–6 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet present. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. The flowers are produced in loose inflorescences, each flower small, with 4–5 yellowish petals. The fruit is a four or five-valved capsule, containing several seeds, each surrounded by a yellow-orange fleshy aril; the seeds are dispersed by hornbills and monkeys which eat the aril. Species Species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2019: Uses The timber is important; the African species are known as bossé, guarea, or pink mahogany, and the South American species as cramantee or American muskwood. It is said to possibly cause hallucinations if ingested. The wood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melia Azedarach
''Melia azedarach'', commonly known as the chinaberry tree, pride of India, bead-tree, Cape lilac, syringa berrytree, Persian lilac, Indian lilac, or white cedar, is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family (biology), family, Meliaceae, that is native to Indomalayan realm, Indomalaya and Australasian realm, Australasia. Description The fully grown tree has a rounded crown, and commonly measures tall, exceptionally . The leaves are up to long, alternate, long-petioled, two or three times compound (odd-pinnate); the leaflet (botany), leaflets are dark green above and lighter green below, with serrate margins. The flowers are small and fragrant, with five pale purple or lilac petals, growing in clusters. The fruit is a drupe, marble-sized, light yellow at maturity, hanging on the tree all winter, and gradually becoming wrinkled and almost white. ''Melia azedarach'' has a short lifespan, averaging about 20 years. Chemistry Italo et al. 2009 and Safithri and Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entandrophragma
''Entandrophragma'' is a genus of eleven known species of deciduous trees in the family Meliaceae. Description ''Entandrophragma'' is restricted to tropical Africa.Entandrophragma C. DC. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 2:582 t.21 (1894) At least some of the species attain large sizes, reaching 40–50 m tall, exceptionally 60 m, and 2 m in trunk diameter. In 2016 a specimen of '' Entandrophragma excelsum'' towering at a height of tall, and a dbhresearchgate.net Africa’s highest mountain harbours Africa’s tallest trees Authors: Hemp Andreas, Reiner Zimmermann, Sabine Remmele, Ulf Pommer, Bernd Berauer, Claudia Hemp, Markus Fischer , January 2017 , Biodiversity and Conservation 26(1):1-11 , DOI:10.1007/s10531-016-1226-3 was identified at Kilimanjaro. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. The leaves are pinnate, with 5-9 pairs of leaflets, each leaflet 8–10 cm long with an acuminate tip. The flowers are produced in loose inflorescences, each f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toona
''Toona'', commonly known as red cedar, toon (also spelled tun) or toona, tooni (in Nepal and India) is a genus in the mahogany family, Meliaceae, native from Afghanistan south to India, and east to North Korea, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. In older texts, the genus was often incorporated within a wider circumscription of the related genus '' Cedrela'', but that genus is now restricted to species from the Americas. Uses Ornamental use '' Toona sinensis'' is of interest as by far the most cold-tolerant species in the Meliaceae, native in China as far north as 40°N in the Beijing area, where its tender shoots, called ''xiangchun'' (), are a traditional local leaf vegetable. It is the only member of the family that can be cultivated successfully in northern Europe, where it is sometimes planted as an ornamental tree in parks and avenues. Until recently, it had no widespread English common name, though Chinese Mahogany (reflecting its botanical relationship) is now used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapindales
Sapindales is an order of flowering plants. Well-known members of Sapindales include citrus; maples, horse-chestnuts, lychees and rambutans; mangos and cashews; frankincense and myrrh; mahogany and neem. The APG III system of 2009 includes it in the clade malvids (in rosids, in eudicots) with the following nine families: * Anacardiaceae * Biebersteiniaceae *Burseraceae * Kirkiaceae * Meliaceae * Nitrariaceae (including Peganaceae and Tetradiclidaceae) *Rutaceae *Sapindaceae * Simaroubaceae The APG II system of 2003 allowed the optional segregation of families now included in the Nitrariaceae. In the classification system of Dahlgren the Rutaceae were placed in the order Rutales, in the superorder Rutiflorae (also called Rutanae). The Cronquist system of 1981 used a somewhat different circumscription, including the following families: *Staphyleaceae * Melianthaceae * Bretschneideraceae * Akaniaceae *Sapindaceae * Hippocastanaceae * Aceraceae *Burseraceae * Anaca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaya
''Khaya'' is a genus of five tree species in the mahogany family Meliaceae. The timber of ''Khaya'' is called African mahogany, and is valued as a substitute to American mahogany (of the genus ''Swietenia''). Description The genus is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. All species grow to around 30–35m tall, rarely 45m, with a trunk over 1m diameter, often buttressed at the base. The leaves are pinnate, with 4-6 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet absent; each leaflet is 10–15 cm long abruptly rounded toward the apex but often with an acuminate tip. The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen depending on the species. The flowers are produced in loose inflorescences, each flower small, with four or five yellowish petals and ten stamens. The fruit is a globose four or five-valved capsule 5–8 cm diameter, containing numerous winged seeds. Species * '' Khaya anthotheca'' ( syn. ''K. nyasica'') * '' Khaya grandifoliola'' * '' Khaya ivorensis'' * '' K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guarea Cedrata
''Guarea cedrata'', also called light bossé or scented guarea, is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The organisms once living there have either moved elsewhere, or are dead, leading to a decrease .... References External links * cedrata Vulnerable plants Flora of Cameroon Flora of the Republic of the Congo Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Flora of Ivory Coast Flora of Ghana Flora of Liberia Flora of Nigeria Flora of Sierra Leone Flora of Uganda Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Meliaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guarea Thompsonii
''Guarea thompsonii'', also called black guarea or dark bossé, is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The organisms once living there have either moved elsewhere, or are dead, leading to a decrease .... References thompsonii Vulnerable plants Flora of Cameroon Flora of the Republic of the Congo Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Flora of Gabon Flora of Ivory Coast Flora of Ghana Flora of Liberia Flora of Nigeria Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Meliaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapele
''Entandrophragma cylindricum'' is a tree of the genus ''Entandrophragma'' of the family ''Meliaceae''. It is commonly known as sapele or sapelli ( ) or sapele mahogany, as well as aboudikro, assi, and muyovu. Origin of the name The name ''sapele'' comes from the city of Sapele, Delta, Sapele in Nigeria, where the tree flourishes. African Timber and Plywood (AT&P), a division of the United Africa Company, had a factory at this location where the wood, along with ''Triplochiton scleroxylon, African whitewood and'' mahogany, African mahogany was processed into timber which was then exported from the Port of Sapele. The name of the city itself is said to be an Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicisation of the Urhobo language, Urhobo word ''Uriapele'', which commemorates a local deity. It is believed the British colonial authorities changed the name of the city to Sapele as it was easier to pronounce.[No source found] Description ''Sapele'' is native to tropical Africa. There ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
