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
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

Xylocarpus granatum
Xylocarpus rumphii
Xylocarpus moluccensis

Xylocarpus is the only mangrove genus in family Meliaceae.

Species

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Xylocarpus granatum J. KoenigKenya, 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

  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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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