Xylocarpus

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Xylocarpus

Genus of flowering plants

Xylocarpus is a genus of plants in the mahogany family (Meliaceae). It includes 3 species of mangroves, [1][2] native to coastal mangrove forests of the Western and Central Indo-Pacific, from eastern Africa to Tonga.

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Xylocarpus is the only mangrove genus in family Meliaceae.

Species

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References

  1. [1]
    "Xylocarpus J.Koenig". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  2. [2]
    Ragavan, P.; Saxena, Alok; Jayaraj, R.S.C.; Ravichandran, K.; Mohan, P.M.; Saxena, Mani (2015). "Taxonomy and distribution of little known species of the genus Xylocarpus (Meliaceae) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India". Botanica Marina. 58 (5): 415–422. doi:10.1515/bot-2015-0002. S2CID 89069913.


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