''Sandoricum''
[Cavanilles AJ (1789) ''Diss. 7, Septima Diss. Bot.'' 359 (t. 202-203).] is an Asian genus 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 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 ...
. It contains the economically significant
santol fruit tree.
Species
The following species are listed in the
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic I ...
:
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Sandoricum beccarianum''
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Sandoricum borneense''
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Sandoricum caudatum''
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Sandoricum dasyneuron''
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Sandoricum koetjape
''Sandoricum koetjape'', the santol, sentul or cotton fruit, is a tropical fruit native to maritime Southeast Asia (Malesia).
Origin and distribution
The santol is native to the Malesian Phytochorion, floristic region, but have been introduced t ...
'' — Santol tree
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Sandoricum vidalii''
References
External links
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Meliaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles