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Didymocheton Huntii
''Didymocheton'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes 41 species which range from eastern India through Indochina and southern China to Malesia, Papuasia, eastern Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. The genus was first named by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1825. Most of the species currently accepted were, until recently, included in genus ''Dysoxylum''. A genetic study published in 2021 found that ''Dysoxylum'' is polyphyletic, and ''Didymocheton'' was revived and re-circumscribed. Species 41 species are accepted. *''Didymocheton aliquantulus'' – Fiji (northwestern Viti Levu) *''Didymocheton alliaceus'' – Caroline Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoan Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna *''Didymocheton aneityensis'' – southern Vanuatu *''Didymocheton annae'' – northwestern New Guinea *''Didymocheton bijugus'' – Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Norfolk Islands (including Phillip Island) *''Didymocheton boridianus'' – ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didymocheton Spectabilis
Kohekohe (''Didymocheton spectabilis'') is a medium-sized tree in the Meliaceae family, native to New Zealand. It is found in lowland and coastal forests throughout most of the North Island and also occurs in the Marlborough Sounds in the north of the South Island. Mature trees grow up to in height, with a trunk up to a metre in diameter. The name ''kohekohe'' is derived from Proto-Polynesian language, Proto-Polynesian *''kofe'' meaning a type of bamboo (''Schizostachyum glaucifolium, ʻohe''); its thickening leaf stem bases may have reminded early Polynesian settlers to those of the ''ʻohe''. A fairly close relative of true mahogany (''Swietenia''), it is also called New Zealand mahogany, because its wood is light, strong and polishes to a fine red colour. Kohekohe is notable for having characteristics normally associated with trees growing in the tropics, for example, its flowers and fruit grow directly from the trunk or branches (known as cauliflory), and it has large, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |