Xylocarpus
Xylocarpus is a genus of plants in the mahogany family (Meliaceae). It includes two[1] or three[2] species of mangroves, native to coastal mangrove forests of the Western and Central Indo-Pacific, from eastern Africa to Tonga.
| Xylocarpus | |
|---|---|
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| Cannonball mangrove in the Daintree region of Queensland, Australia. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cedreloideae |
| Genus: | Xylocarpus J.Koenig |
| Type species | |
| Xylocarpus granatum | |
| Species | |
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Xylocarpus granatum | |
Xylocarpus is the only mangrove genus in family Meliaceae.
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig | Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique to India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, northern Australia and Papua New Guinea |
 | Xylocarpus moluccensis (Lam.) M. Roem. | Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh through Mainland Southeast Asia and Malesia to tropical Australia |
| Xylocarpus rumphii (Kostel.) Mabb. | east Africa through tropical Asia to the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia and the Pacific. | |
References
- "Xylocarpus", NPGS-GRIN database, NPGS
- Raju, J. S. S. N. (2003). "Xylocarpus (Meliaceae): A less-known mangrove taxon of the Godavari estuary, India" (PDF). Current Science. Indian Academy of Sciences. 84 (7): 879–881.
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