''Streblus'' is a genus of

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s in the

mulberry ''Morus'', a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of 19 species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions. Generally, the genus has 64 subordinat ...

family,

Moraceae Moraceae is a family of flowering plants comprising about 48 genera and over 1100 species, and is commonly known as the mulberry or fig family. Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates; however, their ...

. It includes five species native to the

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, southern China, and Malesia.

Species

Five species are currently accepted. *'' Streblus asper'' Lour. – Siamese rough bush *'' Streblus celebensis'' *'' Streblus mitis'' *'' Streblus vidalii'' *'' Streblus monoicus''

Formerly placed here

*'' Paratrophis banksii'' – large-leaved milk tree (as ''Streblus banksii'' ) *'' Paratrophis microphylla'' – small-leaved milk tree (as ''Streblus heterophyllus'' ) * ''

Paratrophis pendulina ''Paratrophis pendulina'' is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, Moraceae. In Australia it is commonly known as whalebone tree, and other common names include the white handlewood, axe-handle wood, grey handlewood and prickly fi ...

'' – ''aiai'' (Eastern

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) (as ''Streblus pendulinus'' (

Endl. Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher, also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804 – 28 March 1849), was an Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botanical Garden of Vienna. Biography Endlicher s ...

) F.Muell and '' Streblus brunonianus'' ) *'' Paratrophis sclerophylla'' (as ''Streblus sclerophyllus''

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) *'' Paratrophis smithii'' – Three Kings milk tree (as ''Streblus smithii'' ) *'' Sloetia elongata'' (as ''Streblus elongatus'' ) *''

Taxotrophis ilicifolia ''Taxotrophis ilicifolia'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Moraceae. Its native range is China (Southern Yunnan, Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China ...

'' (as ''Streblus ilicifolius'' (Vidal) Corner) *''

Taxotrophis taxoides ''Taxotrophis taxoides''Kurz WS (1877) In: ''For. Fl. Burm. 2: 465'' is a species of plant in the family Moraceae, tribe Moreae. It is a medium-sized, spiny bush (as in its Vietnamese name ''duối gai'') found in the sub-canopy layer of Asian t ...

'' (as ''Streblus taxoides'' (Roth) Kurz.)

References

Moraceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by João de Loureiro {{Moraceae-stub