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Madhuca

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Madhuca
Madhuca pasquieri
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Genus: Madhuca
J.F.Gmel.
Type species
Madhuca indica
J.F. Gmel.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • BassiaJ.Koenig ex L. 1771, illegitimate homonym notBassiaAll. 1766. (Amaranthaceae)
  • AesandraPierre
  • AzaolaBlanco
  • KakosmanthusHassk.
  • CacosmanthusMiq.
  • DasyaulusThwaites
  • AesandraPierre ex L.Planch.
  • IllipeF.Muell.
  • VidoricumRumph. ex Kuntze
  • GanuaPierre ex Dubard
  • DasillipeDubard

Madhucais a genus ofplantsin the familySapotaceaefirst described as a genus in 1791.[3][4][5]

Madhucais native to south, east, and southeastAsiaandPapuasia(fromIndiatoChinatoNew Guinea).[2][6]

Species

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Plants of the World Online[1]currently lists more than 110 species:

References

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