Xylocarpus

Xylocarpus
Cannonball mangrove in the Daintree region of Queensland, Australia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Sapindales
Family:Meliaceae
Subfamily:Cedreloideae
Genus:Xylocarpus
J.Koenig
Species

Xylocarpus granatum, Cannonball mangrove
Xylocarpus mekongensis, Cedar mangrove
Xylocarpus moluccensis, Cedar mangrove, puzzlenut

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 is the only mangrove genus in family Meliaceae.

References

  1. ↑ "Xylocarpus", NPGS-GRIN database, NPGS
  2. ↑ 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.
  • "Xylocarpus J.Koenig". Atlas of Living Australia.


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