Lansium

Lansium
Lansium parasiticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Subfamily: Melioideae
Genus: Lansium
Corrêa
Species
Synonyms
  • Lachanodendron Reinw. ex Blume
  • Plutea Noronha

Lansium is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, containing at least three species. 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.

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