''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family
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 synca ...
.
[ The genus name comes from the ]Greek
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' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India
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and tropical China, throughout Malesia
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and south to New South Wales
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and Vanuatu
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Description
''Chisocheton'' is typically dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproducti ...
.calyx
Calyx or calyce (plural "calyces"), from the Latin ''calix'' which itself comes from the Ancient Greek ''κάλυξ'' (''kálux'') meaning "husk" or "pod", may refer to:
Biology
* Calyx (anatomy), collective name for several cup-like structures ...
. Fruits are one or two-seeded. ''Chisocheton'' habitats are rain forests, typically understorey
In forestry and ecology, understory (American English), or understorey (Commonwealth English), also known as underbrush or undergrowth, includes plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any great extent, but abov ...
trees, from sea-level to about altitude.
The wood of several ''Chisocheton'' species is used locally in light construction.[ In the ]Philippines
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, the seeds of '' Chisocheton cumingianus'' (known locally as ''balukanag'') are used to make a non-drying oil either for traditional medicine or as fuel for oil lamps.
Leaf indeterminacy
Unlike nearly all other seed plants, the leaves of ''Chisocheton'' have indeterminate growth
In biology and botany, indeterminate growth is growth that is not terminated in contrast to determinate growth that stops once a genetically pre-determined structure has completely formed. Thus, a plant that grows and produces flowers and fr ...
- they never stop growing. Instead of forming a terminal leaflet, they form a small leaf-tip bud, which produces new leaflets continuously.
This trait is shared with a few closely related genera, such as ''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 ...
''.
Species
''The Plant List
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'' recognises 53 accepted species (including infraspecific names):[
* '' Chisocheton aenigmaticus''
* '' Chisocheton amabilis''
* '' Chisocheton cauliflorus''
* '' Chisocheton celebicus''
* '' Chisocheton ceramicus''
* '' Chisocheton crustularii''
* '' Chisocheton cumingianus''
** subsp. ''balansae''
** subsp. ''kinabaluensis''
* '' Chisocheton curranii''
* '' Chisocheton diversifolius''
* '' Chisocheton dysoxylifolius''
* '' Chisocheton erythrocarpus''
* '' Chisocheton gliroides''
* '']Chisocheton granatum
''Chisocheton granatum'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal syste ...
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* ''Chisocheton grandiflorus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Male ...
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* ''Chisocheton koordersii
''Chisocheton koordersii'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. It is named for the Dutch botanist Sijfert Hendrik Koorders.
Description
The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is brown. The flowers are white. Fruits ...
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* ''Chisocheton lansiifolius
''Chisocheton lansiifolius'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin, meaning leaves resembling those of the genus ''Lansium
''Lansium'' is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, containing at least t ...
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* ''Chisocheton laosensis
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout ...
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* ''Chisocheton lasiocarpus
''Chisocheton lasiocarpus'' is a species of tree in the genus Chisocheton of the Mahogany Family (Meliaceae). It is a sparsely branched, slightly buttressed, somewhat stout mesocaul or rather slender pachycaul tree of the western New Guinea r ...
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* ''Chisocheton lasiogynus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Male ...
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* ''Chisocheton longistipitatus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Male ...
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* ''Chisocheton macranthus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Mal ...
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* ''Chisocheton macrophyllus
''Chisocheton macrophyllus'' in the Mahogany family (Meliaceae) is a pachycaul rainforest tree of the East Indies and Malay Peninsula with very few upright limbs (reiterations) ultimately reaching a height of . Each reiteration is topped by a tig ...
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* ''Chisocheton maxilla-pisticis
''Chisocheton maxilla-pisticis'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a form ...
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* ''Chisocheton medusae
''Chisocheton medusae'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system ...
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* ''Chisocheton mendozai
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout ...
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* ''Chisocheton montanus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout ...
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* ''Chisocheton novobritannicus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Male ...
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* '' Chisocheton patens''
* ''Chisocheton pauciflorus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Male ...
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* ''Chisocheton pellegrinianus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout ...
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* ''Chisocheton penduliflorus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout ...
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* ''Chisocheton pentandrus
''Chisocheton pentandrus'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Greek meaning 'five man', referring to the five stamens of each flower.
Description
The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The ...
''
** subsp. ''paucijugus''
* ''Chisocheton perakensis
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout ...
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* ''Chisocheton pilosus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Male ...
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* ''Chisocheton pohlianus
''Chisocheton pohlianus'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the mahogany family ( Meliaceae).
Distribution
It is a small, lower story, leptocaul rainforest tree from New Guinea.
Description
It is not more than in height and ...
''
* ''Chisocheton polyandrus
''Chisocheton polyandrus'', of the mahogany family ( Meliaceae), is a species of pachycaulous, unbranched trees variously called "palmoids", "maypole trees" or "Corner model trees" (after Prof. E.J.H. Corner who was the first to describe them as ...
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* ''Chisocheton rex
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Male ...
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* ''Chisocheton ruber
''Chisocheton ruber'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning 'red', referring to the flowers.
Description
The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is greenish grey or reddi ...
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* ''Chisocheton sapindinus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Male ...
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* ''Chisocheton sarasinorum
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Mal ...
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* ''Chisocheton sarawakanus
''Chisocheton sarawakanus'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. It is named for Malaysia's Sarawak state.
Description
The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is coloured fawn to chocolate. The sweetly scented flowe ...
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* ''Chisocheton sayeri
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout ...
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* ''Chisocheton schoddei
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Male ...
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* ''Chisocheton setosus
''Chisocheton setosus'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system ...
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* ''Chisocheton stellatus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout ...
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* ''Chisocheton tenuis
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout ...
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* ''Chisocheton tomentosus
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Male ...
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* ''Chisocheton velutinus
''Chisocheton velutinus'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning 'velvety', referring to the indumentum of the leaves and fruits.
Description
The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to ...
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* ''Chisocheton vindictae
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Male ...
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* ''Chisocheton warburgii
''Chisocheton'' is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of '' C. patens''. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Male ...
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References
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Meliaceae genera
Dioecious plants
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