''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

family

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. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to

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, and

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. The name ''Dysoxylum'' derives from the

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word ‘''Dys''’ meaning "bad" referring to "ill-smelling" and ‘''Xylon''’ meaning "wood".

Distribution

The genus ranges from the

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, southern

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and the

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and

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, and northern and eastern Australia. Eight species are native to the Indian subcontinent.World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) checklist builder
search results for Indian Subcontinent (region) + Dysoxylon (genus). Accessed 28 February 2024. 15 species are native to Indochina, and 6 are native to southern China. 13 species are native to

, and seven species to

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(New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands) and the

. Four species – ''

Dysoxylum acutangulum ''Dysoxylum acutangulum'' is a species of flowering plant in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. It is a tree native to Peninsular Thailand, Malesia (Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Maluku Islands, Philippines (Palawan), and ...

, D. latifolium, D. oppositifolium'', and '' D. pumilum'' – are native to Australia.World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) checklist builder
search results for Australia (region) + Dysoxylon (genus). Accessed 17 February 2024. They grow in northwestern

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, the humid east coast regions of Queensland including the wet tropics rainforests region of northeastern

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and

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, and the northern parts of the

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and

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. In the

, including India,

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, large trees of the genus ''Dysoxylum'' grow naturally in forests from lowlands to mid-elevation mountains. Eight species are native to the region. ''D. beddomei'', ''D. malabaricum'', ''D. purpureum'', and ''D. swaminathanianum'' are endemic to southwestern India. ''D. cyrtobotryum'', ''D. gotadhora'', ''D. grande'', and ''D. pallens'' are native to the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia.

Habitats

These trees are important components of the native

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s of their range, such as New Guinea and the tropical forests of northern Australia. In this region, more than forty different species grow naturally, from the lowlands to the mountains. In New Guinea, ''D. enantiophyllum'' and an undescribed taxon have records of growing up to about elevation. In the forests of the region of China, India, Sri Lanka and the adjacent Himalayas including Bhutan and Nepal, about fourteen recorded different species grow naturally from the lowlands to the mountains up to elevation. In India, '' Dysoxylum malabaricum'' is known by many other names such as Indian white cedar, (ಬಿಳಿದೇವದಾರು), Bombay white cedar, Velley agile, Porapa, Vella agil, and (ದೇವರಿಗೆ). It grows in the evergreen forest regions of Western Ghats,

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, and

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regions.

Uses

The Australian species were prized for their wood which is a rich red in colour and was widely used in the

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trade. The common timber name for the Australian species is the rose mahogany. The New Zealand species,

Kohekohe 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 no ...

(''D. spectabile''), is sometimes known as New Zealand mahogany, because its wood is light, strong and polishes to a fine red colour. Rohitukine (C16H19O5N), a chromane alkaloid, was first reported from '' Amoora rohituka'' (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. (Meliaceae) and then from ''D. binectariferum'' (aka ''D. gotadhora'') Rohitukine exhibits both anti-inflammatory as well as immuno-modulatory properties besides acting as an anticancer compound. Rohitukine is an important precursor for the semi-synthetic derivative, flavopiridol (C21H20Cl NO5). In India, apart from its economic importance for building and furniture making, it is an important ingredient in

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as many species have curative qualities taken independently or as an ingredient of a medicinal mixture. Some of the uses in Ayurveda reported are; Wood decoction of ''D. malabaricum'' to cure

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and its oil is used to cure eye and ear diseases; a few species are used to cure inflammation, cardio-disorder, CNS disorder and also tumor. In Indian tradition and culture oil is extracted from the seeds ''Dysoxylum malabaricum'', which has wide beneficial application.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Dysoxylum'' was erected in 1825 by the German-Dutch botanist

Carl Ludwig Blume Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume (9 June 1796 – 3 February 1862) was a German-Dutch botanist and entomologist who spent most of his professional life in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. As deputy director of agricul ...

to accommodate some newly discovered plant species from Java. Over the years many changes were made to the genus, and by the late 20th century it was clear that ''Dysoxylum'' had become

polyphyletic A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as Homoplasy, homoplasies ...

. A 2021 revision of the genus (which by then had come to include 94 species) confirmed the polyphyly and the authors reinstated several genera which had previously been considered synonyms of ''Dysoxylum'' – ''

Didymocheton ''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 ...

Epicharis Epicharis may be: * ''Epicharis'', a 1665 tragedy by Daniel Casper von Lohenstein with an eponymous heroine * ''Epicharis'' (plant), a genus of trees in family Meliaceae * ''Epicharis'' (bee), a bee genus * Epicharis (martyr), 3rd or 4th century ...

Goniocheton ''Goniocheton'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes four species which range from Indochina to south-central China, Taiwan, Malesia, Papuasia, Vanuatu, and Queensland. The genus was first named by Carl Ludwig Blum ...

Prasoxylon ''Prasoxylon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes seven species which range from Nepal and eastern India through Indochina to southern China, Taiwan, Malesia, Sri Lanka, Papuasia, and Queensland. The genus was fi ...

'', and ''

Pseudocarapa ''Pseudocarapa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes five species which range from Sri Lanka to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and New Guinea. The genus is distinguished by its paripinnate leaves, cylindric ...

'' – in order to accommodate their findings. The authors (Holzmeyer et al.) proposed a

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(i.e. a concept of included species) of the genus that included 28 species, plus one

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. Following the publication of the 2021 paper,

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(POWO) revised their own circumscription of the genus to include 34 species. Of the 28 species proposed by Holzmeyer et al., only 23 are accepted by POWO, and there are 11 species included by POWO that were not proposed by Holzmeyer et al.

Species

34 species are currently accepted by

. * ''

'' ** subsp. ''acutangulum'' –

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, Malesia:

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, Philippines ** subsp. ''foveolatum'' – New Guinea, Solomon Is.,

, NT, N. Australia; Malesia: Sumatra,

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* '' Dysoxylum beddomei'' – India * '' Dysoxylum brachybotrys'' – Malesia: Borneo, Philippines * '' Dysoxylum carolinae'' –

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; Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Borneo * ''

Dysoxylum cupuliforme ''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and A ...

'' – south-central China (Yunnan) * '' Dysoxylum cyrtobotryum'' – SE Asia to Malesia: Nicobar Is., Andaman Is., Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java, Bali, Flores, Philippines * '' Dysoxylum enantiophyllum'' – New Guinea * '' Dysoxylum flavescens'' – Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Borneo * ''

Dysoxylum gotadhora ''Dysoxylum gotadhora'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. It is native to Bhutan, India, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. The name ''Dysoxylum ficiforme'' (Wight) Gamble in India and Sri Lanka is categorized as the same plant as is ''D. binec ...

'' – S. China,

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, Bhutan, India, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam - Syn. ''Dysoxylum ficiforme'' – India * '' Dysoxylum grande'' ; Synonym: ''D. verruculosum'' – NE India (

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), S. China, Vietnam, Thailand, Hainan, Bhutan; Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Philippines * '' Dysoxylum hoaense'' – Vietnam * '' Dysoxylum juglans'' – Laos, Vietnam * '' Dysoxylum kaniense'' – New Guinea, Solomon Is. * ''

Dysoxylum latifolium ''Dysoxylum latifolium'' is a species of plants in the mahogany family Meliaceae native to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Australian states of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland. It is an evergreen tree to about tal ...

'' – New Guinea, Solomon Is., Queensland wet tropics, Cape York, NT,

* ''

Dysoxylum laxiracemosum ''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and A ...

'' – south-central China (southern Yunnan) * ''

Dysoxylum macrocarpum ''Dysoxylum macrocarpum'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Greek meaning 'large fruit'. Description The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is grey-green. The flowers are creamy-w ...

'' – Thailand; Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sulawesi, Java, Philippines * '' Dysoxylum magnificum'' – SE Sumatra, Borneo * '' Dysoxylum malabaricum'' – , India * ''

Dysoxylum medogense ''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and A ...

'' – southeastern Tibet * ''

Dysoxylum middletonianum ''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and A ...

'' – eastern New Guinea * ''

Dysoxylum oliveri ''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and A ...

'' – northern Myanmar * ''

Dysoxylum oppositifolium ''Dysoxylum oppositifolium'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning 'opposite leaf', referring to the leaves being on opposite sides of the twig. Description The tree grows up to tall with a trunk di ...

'' , pink mahogany – New Guinea, Solomon Is., Queensland wet tropics, Cape York, NT; Malesia incl.: Borneo, Philippines,

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, Flores * '' Dysoxylum pachyrhache'' – Borneo * '' Dysoxylum pallens'' – S. China, Hainan, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Burma, Thailand * '' Dysoxylum papillosum'' – Peninsular Thailand; Malesia: Malay Peninsula, Borneo * ''

Dysoxylum perryanum ''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and A ...

'' – Vietnam * ''

Dysoxylum poilanei ''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and A ...

'' – southern Vietnam * ''

Dysoxylum pumilum ''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and A ...

'' – Queensland wet tropics endemic * ''

Dysoxylum purpureum ''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and A ...

'' – southern India * ''

Dysoxylum quadrangulatum ''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and A ...

'' – Sulawesi * '' Dysoxylum randianum'' – New Guinea * '' Dysoxylum rubrocostatum'' - Vietnam * '' Dysoxylum rugulosum'' – Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Borneo * ''

Dysoxylum swaminathanianum ''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and A ...

'' – India (Kerala)

Formerly placed here

* ''

Didymocheton aliquantulus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum aliquantulum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton aneityensis ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum aneityense'' ) * ''

Didymocheton annae ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum annae'' ) * ''

Didymocheton bijugus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum bijugum'' , ''D. leratianum'' , ''D. parvifolium'' , ''D. patersonianum'' , and ''D. unijugum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton boridianus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum boridianum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton canalensis ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum canalense'' ) * ''

Didymocheton fraserianus ''Didymocheton fraserianus'', commonly known as rosewood or rose mahogany, is a medium-sized to large tree native to New South Wales and Queensland. It is widely used with the purpose of street design and to provide shade in the eastern suburbs ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum becklerianum'' , ''D. fraserianum'' , ''D. lessertianum'' , and ''D. ptychocarpum'' ) * '' Didymocheton gaudichaudianus'' (as ''Dysoxylum albiflorum'' , ''D. amooroides'' , ''D. bakerarum'' , ''D. betchei'' , ''D. blancoi'' , ''D. decandrum'' , ''D. gaudichaudianum'' , ''D. intermedium'' , ''D. macrophyllum'' , ''D. maota'' , ''D. otophorum'' , ''D. pubescens'' , ''D. quaifei'' , ''D. rufum'' var. ''glabrescens'' , ''D. salutare'' , ''D. spanoghei'' , and ''D. vestitum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton hornei ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum hornei'' ) * '' Didymocheton huntii'' (as ''Dysoxylum huntii'' ) * ''

Didymocheton kouiriensis ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum kouiriense'' ) * ''

Didymocheton lenticellaris ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum lenticellare'' ) * ''

Didymocheton loureiroi ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum loureiroi'' ) * ''

Didymocheton macranthus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum macranthum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton macrostachyus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum macrostachyum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton minutiflorus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum minutiflorum'' ) *'' Didymocheton mollis'' (as ''Dysoxylum molle'' , ''D. mollissimum'' subsp. ''molle'' , and ''Dysoxylum velutinum'' ) * '' Didymocheton mollissimus'' (as ''D. alliarum'' , ''D. filicifolium'' , ''D. floribundum'' , ''D. hainanense'' , ''D. hainanense'' var. ''glaberrimum'' , ''D. hamiltonii'' , ''D. leptorrhachis'' , ''D. mollissimum'' , ''D. octandrum'' , ''D. schizochitoides'' , and ''D. teysmannii'' ) * ''

Didymocheton muelleri ''Didymocheton muelleri'', the red bean or Miva mahogany, is a rainforest tree in the family Meliaceae. It occurs in tropical, sub-tropical and littoral rainforests in eastern Australia, from the Bellinger River in New South Wales in the south, ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum muelleri'' ) * ''

Didymocheton multijugus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum seemannii'' ) * ''

Didymocheton myriandrus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum myriandrum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton nutans ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum nutans'' ) * ''

Didymocheton pachyphyllus ''Didymocheton pachyphyllus'' is a small tree in the family Meliaceae, endemic to Lord Howe Island Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia an ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum pachyphyllum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton pachypodus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum pachypodum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton papuanus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum micranthum'' and ''D. papuanum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton pauciflorus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum biflorum'' , ''D. laxum'' , and ''D. pauciflorum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton pettigrewianus ''Didymocheton pettigrewianus'', commonly known as spur mahogany, spurwood, or Cairns satinwood, is a large tree in the family Meliaceae. It is native to the rainforests of Malesia, Papuasia and Queensland. In Queensland it occurs only in a sma ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum pettigrewianum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton phaeotrichus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum phaeotrichum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton roseus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum comptonii'' , ''D. coriaceum'' , ''D. couveleense'' , ''D. francii'' , ''D. gamosepalum'' , ''D. pancheri'' , ''D. pancheri'' var. ''subsessilifolium'' , ''D. robertsii'' ''D. roseum'' , and ''Dysoxylum vieillardii'' ) * ''

Didymocheton rufescens ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum rufescens'' ) * '' Didymocheton rufus'' (as ''Dysoxylum rufum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton sessilis ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum sessile'' ) * '' Didymocheton setosus'' (as ''Dysoxylum setosum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton sparsiflorus ''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 ...

'' ) (as ''Dysoxylum sparsiflorum'' ) * ''

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 no ...

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kohekohe 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 no ...

(syn. ''Dysoxylum spectabile'' ) * ''

Didymocheton stellatopuberulus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum carrii'' , ''D. hirtum'' , and ''D. stellatopuberulum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton tenuiflorus ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum tenuiflorum'' ) * ''

Didymocheton tongensis ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum tongense'' ) * ''

Didymocheton variabilis ''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 ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum variabile'' ) * ''

Epicharis alata Epicharis may be: * ''Epicharis'', a 1665 tragedy by Daniel Casper von Lohenstein with an eponymous heroine * ''Epicharis'' (plant), a genus of trees in family Meliaceae * ''Epicharis'' (bee), a bee genus * Epicharis (martyr), 3rd or 4th centur ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum alatum'' ) * ''

Epicharis brevipanicula Epicharis may be: * ''Epicharis'', a 1665 tragedy by Daniel Casper von Lohenstein with an eponymous heroine * ''Epicharis'' (plant), a genus of trees in family Meliaceae * ''Epicharis'' (bee), a bee genus * Epicharis (martyr), 3rd or 4th century ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum brevipaniculum'' ) * ''

Epicharis cumingiana Epicharis may be: * ''Epicharis'', a 1665 tragedy by Daniel Casper von Lohenstein with an eponymous heroine * ''Epicharis'' (plant), a genus of trees in family Meliaceae * ''Epicharis'' (bee), a bee genus * Epicharis (martyr), 3rd or 4th century ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum cumingianum'' ) * ''

Epicharis cuneata ''Epicharis cuneata'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. Description The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is grey. The sweetly scented flowers are white, pinkish or cream. The fruits are red, shaped like a top, up ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum angustifoliolum'' , ''D. beccarianum'' , ''D. cauliflorum'' , ''D. cuneatum'' , ''D. foxworthyi'' ) * ''

Epicharis densiflora ''Epicharis densiflora'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning 'dense flowers'. Description The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is grey-green. The sweetly scented flo ...

'' – Bali floral emblem, known as ''majegau'' (as ''Dysoxylum densiflorum'' ) * ''

Epicharis gillespieana Epicharis may be: * ''Epicharis'', a 1665 tragedy by Daniel Casper von Lohenstein with an eponymous heroine * ''Epicharis'' (plant), a genus of trees in family Meliaceae * ''Epicharis'' (bee), a bee genus * Epicharis (martyr), 3rd or 4th centur ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum gillespieanum'' ) * ''

Epicharis parasitica ''Epicharis parasitica'', commonly known as yellow mahogany, is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae; it grows primarily in tropical rainforests and is native to Taiwan, parts of Malesia, Papuasia, and northeast Queensland. Description ''E ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum brachypodum'' , ''D. callianthum'' , ''D. caulostachyum'' , ''D. densevestitum'' , ''D. fissum'' , ''D. fragrans'' , ''D. glochidioides'' , ''D. leytense'' , ''D. loheri'' , ''D. longicalicinum'' , ''D. longiflorum'' , ''D. longipetalum'' , ''D. megalanthum'' , ''D. novoguineeuse'' , ''D. parasiticum'' , ''D. ramiflorum'' , ''D. richardsonianum'' , ''D. robinsonii'' , ''D. roemeri'' , ''D. rumphii'' , ''D. schiffneri'' , ''D. sericeum'' , and ''D. speciosum'' ) * ''

Goniocheton arborescens ''Goniocheton arborescens'', commonly known in Australia as Mossman mahogany, is a small tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is native to rainforests of Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland and nearby islands. Description The Mossman mahogany u ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum arborescens'' ) * ''

Goniocheton brassii ''Goniocheton'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes four species which range from Indochina to south-central China, Taiwan, Malesia, Papuasia, Vanuatu, and Queensland. The genus was first named by Carl Ludwig Blum ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum brassii'' ) * ''

Goniocheton lenticellatus ''Goniocheton'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes four species which range from Indochina to south-central China, Taiwan, Malesia, Papuasia, Vanuatu, and Queensland. The genus was first named by Carl Ludwig Blum ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum lenticellatum'' ) * ''

Prasoxylon alliaceum ''Prasoxylon alliaceum'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning 'onion-like', referring to the smell of the inner bark. Description The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The swee ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum alliaceum'' ) * ''

Prasoxylon angustifolium ''Prasoxylon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes seven species which range from Nepal and eastern India through Indochina to southern China, Taiwan, Malesia, Sri Lanka, Papuasia, and Queensland. The genus was fi ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum angustifolium'' ) * ''

Prasoxylon excelsum ''Prasoxylon excelsum'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning 'tall'. Description The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The sweetly scented flowers are cream-coloured or pinkish ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum excelsum'' ) * ''

Prasoxylon hapalanthum ''Prasoxylon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes seven species which range from Nepal and eastern India through Indochina to southern China, Taiwan, Malesia, Sri Lanka, Papuasia, and Queensland. The genus was fi ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum hapalanthum'' ) * ''

Prasoxylon hongkongense ''Prasoxylon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes seven species which range from Nepal and eastern India through Indochina to southern China, Taiwan, Malesia, Sri Lanka, Papuasia, and Queensland. The genus was fi ...

'' (''Dysoxylum hongkongense'' ) * ''

Prasoxylon klanderi ''Prasoxylon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes seven species which range from Nepal and eastern India through Indochina to southern China, Taiwan, Malesia, Sri Lanka, Papuasia, and Queensland. The genus was fi ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum klanderi'' ) * ''

Prasoxylon rigidum ''Prasoxylon rigidum'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning 'rigid', likely referring to the leaflets. Description The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is reddish-gre ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum rigidum'' ) * ''

Pseudocarapa championii ''Pseudocarapa championii'' is a species of tree in the Meliaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South As ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum championii'' ) * ''

Pseudocarapa crassa ''Pseudocarapa crassa'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning 'thick', referring to the parts of the flowers. Description The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is fawn- ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum crassum'' ) * ''

Pseudocarapa dumosa ''Pseudocarapa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes five species which range from Sri Lanka to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and New Guinea. The genus is distinguished by its paripinnate leaves, cylindric ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum dumosum'' ) * ''

Pseudocarapa inopinata ''Pseudocarapa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes five species which range from Sri Lanka to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and New Guinea. The genus is distinguished by its paripinnate leaves, cylindric ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum inopinatum'' ) * ''

Pseudocarapa yunzaingensis ''Pseudocarapa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes five species which range from Sri Lanka to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and New Guinea. The genus is distinguished by its paripinnate leaves, cylindric ...

'' (as ''Dysoxylum yunzaingense'' )

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