Lansium

Lansium
Lansium parasiticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Sapindales
Family:Meliaceae
Subfamily:Melioideae
Genus:Lansium
Corrêa
Species

Lansium is a genus in the mahogany (Meliaceae) family, containing one and possibly more species.[1] The species Lansium parasiticum (synonym L. domesticum Corrêa) is a tropical fruit-bearing tree that is cultivated in tropical Southeast Asia, and on a much smaller scale elsewhere in the tropics. Other previously named species are now placed in the genera Aglaia and Reinwardtiodendron.

References

  1. "The Plant List". Retrieved 16 May 2014.


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