Meliaceae
Information about Meliaceae
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The Meliaceae, or the Mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs (and a few herbaceous plants) in the order Sapindales,
They are characterised by alternate, usually pinnate leaves without stipules, and by syncarpous, apparently bisexual (but actually mostly cryptically unisexual) flowers borne in panicles, cymes, spikes, or clusters. Most species are evergreen, but some are deciduous, either in the dry season or in winter.
The family includes about 50 genera and 550 species, with a pantropical distribution; one genus (Toona) extends north into temperate China and south into southeast Australia, and another (Melia) nearly as far north.
Uses
Various species are used for vegetable oil, soap-making, insecticides, and highly prized wood (mahogany).Some economically important species belong to this family:
- Neem Azadirachta indica (India)
- Crabwood Tree Carapa procera (South America and Africa)
- Cedrela Cedrela odorata (Central and South America; timber also known as Spanish-cedar)
- Sapele Entandrophragma cylindricum (tropical Africa)
- Utile or Sipo, Entandrophragma utile (tropical Africa)
- Bossé Guarea cedrata (Africa)
- Bossé Guarea thompsonii (Africa)
- Ivory Coast Mahogany Khaya ivorensis (tropical Africa)
- Senegal Mahogany Khaya senegalensis (tropical Africa)
- Chinaberry or Bead Tree, Melia azedarach (Queensland, India and southern China)
- Mahogany Swietenia species (tropical Americas)
- Australian Redcedar Toona australis (Australia), often included in Toona ciliata (seq.)
- Toon, surian (int. trade) Toona ciliata (India, southeast Asia and eastern Australia)
Genera
- Aglaia
Chinese Rice Flower (Aglaia odorata) - Anthocarapa
- Aphanamixis
- Astrotrichilia
- Azadirachta
- Cabralea
- Calodecarya
- Capuronianthus
- Carapa
- Cedrela
- Chisocheton
- Chukrasia
- Cipadessa
- Dysoxylum
- Ekebergia
- Entandrophragma
- Guarea
- Heckeldora
- Humbertioturraea
- Khaya
- Lansium
- Lepidotrichilia
- Lovoa
- Malleastrum
- Melia
- Munronia
- Naregamia
- Neobeguea
- Owenia
- Pseudobersama
- Pseudocarapa
- Pseudocedrela
- Pterorhachis
- Reinwardtiodendron
- Ruagea
- Sandoricum
- Schmardaea
- Soymida
- Sphaerosacme
- Swietenia
- Synoum
- Toona
- Trichilia
- Turraea
- Turraeanthus
- Vavaea
- Walsura
- Xylocarpus
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References
- Pennington, T. D. and B. T. Styles. 1975. A generic monograph of the Meliaceae. Blumea 22: 419-540.
External links
- Meliaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.
- Project Meliaceae
M. azedarach
Binomial name
Melia azedarach
L.
Commonly called Persian Lilac, White Cedar, Cape Lilac, Chinaberry or Bead Tree, Melia azedarach(syn. M.
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Binomial name
Melia azedarach
L.
Commonly called Persian Lilac, White Cedar, Cape Lilac, Chinaberry or Bead Tree, Melia azedarach(syn. M.
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Plantae
Haeckel, 1866[1]
Divisions
Green algae
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Haeckel, 1866[1]
Divisions
Green algae
- Chlorophyta
- Charophyta
- Non-vascular land plants (bryophytes)
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Magnoliophyta
Classes
Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots
The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Classes
Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots
The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class of flowering plants. By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its can otherwise vary, being more inclusive or less inclusive depending upon the classification system being
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Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class of flowering plants. By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its can otherwise vary, being more inclusive or less inclusive depending upon the classification system being
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Sapindales
Dumortier
Families
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Sapindales (pronounced /sæpin'deyliz/, last two syllables just like the word dailies [source: Webster's Third New International Dictionary, p.
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Dumortier
Families
See text
Sapindales (pronounced /sæpin'deyliz/, last two syllables just like the word dailies [source: Webster's Third New International Dictionary, p.
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Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
Born March 12 1748
Lyon, France
Died September 17 1836 (aged 88)
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Born March 12 1748
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Died September 17 1836 (aged 88)
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In biology, a type is that which fixes a name to a taxon. Depending on the nomenclature code which is applied to the organism in question, a type may be a specimen, culture, illustration, description or taxon.
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M. azedarach
Binomial name
Melia azedarach
L.
Commonly called Persian Lilac, White Cedar, Cape Lilac, Chinaberry or Bead Tree, Melia azedarach(syn. M.
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Binomial name
Melia azedarach
L.
Commonly called Persian Lilac, White Cedar, Cape Lilac, Chinaberry or Bead Tree, Melia azedarach(syn. M.
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Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné)
Carl von Linné, Alexander Roslin, 1775. Currently owned by and hanging at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Carl von Linné, Alexander Roslin, 1775. Currently owned by and hanging at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Magnoliophyta
Classes
Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots
The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Classes
Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots
The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m (15-20 ft) tall.
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A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die at the end of the growing season to the soil level. A herbaceous plant may be annual, biennial or perennial.
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Sapindales
Dumortier
Families
See text
Sapindales (pronounced /sæpin'deyliz/, last two syllables just like the word dailies [source: Webster's Third New International Dictionary, p.
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Dumortier
Families
See text
Sapindales (pronounced /sæpin'deyliz/, last two syllables just like the word dailies [source: Webster's Third New International Dictionary, p.
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Neem (Azadirachta indica, syn. Melia azadirachta L., Antelaea azadirachta (L.) Adelb.) is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is one of two species in the genus Azadirachta
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Carapa
Species
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Carapa is a genus in the mahogany family Meliaceae. The three to five species become medium-sized to large trees to 30 m tall, occurring in tropical South America and Africa; common names for include
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Species
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Carapa is a genus in the mahogany family Meliaceae. The three to five species become medium-sized to large trees to 30 m tall, occurring in tropical South America and Africa; common names for include
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