Dysoxylum

Dysoxylum
Dysoxylum gotadhora fruits and leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Subfamily: Melioideae
Genus: Dysoxylum
Blume ex Raspail (1827)
Type species
Dysoxylum macrocarpum
Species

34, see text

Synonyms
List
    • Alliaria Rumph ex Kuntze (1891) (non Heist. ex Fabr.: nom. illeg., nom. superfl., preoccupied)
    • Disoxylon Rchb. (1837), orth. var.
    • Disoxylum A.Juss. (1830 publ. 1831), orth. var.
    • Disyphonia Griff. (1854), nom. provis.
    • Dysoxylon Bartl. (1830), orth. var.)
    • Harpagonia Noronha (1790), nom. nud.
    • Lachanodendron Reinw. (1823), nom. nud.
    • Plutea Noronha (1790), nom. nud.

Dysoxylum is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Australia. The name Dysoxylum derives from the Greek word ‘Dys’ meaning "bad" referring to "ill-smelling" and ‘Xylon’ meaning "wood".

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