Synoum
Genus of trees
title: "Synoum" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["meliaceae", "monotypic-sapindales-genera", "meliaceae-genera", "sapindales-of-australia", "flora-of-new-south-wales", "flora-of-queensland", "dioecious-plants"] description: "Genus of trees" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoum" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of trees ::
|image = Synoum - large tree Chatswood west.jpg |image_caption = Synoum glandulosum - Chatswood West, Australia |display_parents = 2 |genus = Synoum |parent_authority = A.Juss. |species = glandulosum |authority = (Sm.) A.Juss.
Synoum is a monotypic genus of evergreen tree belonging to the family Meliaceae. It is endemic to Australia where it is found along the eastern sub-tropical to tropical coast, usually on the margins of rainforests, in Queensland and New South Wales.
The genus was originally described by French naturalist Adrien-Henri de Jussieu in 1830.
The only species recognized is Synoum glandulosum, known commonly as scentless rosewood. It resembles the related Toona, except that the leaves have 5-9 leaflets, whereas Toona has 8-20. Its fruit matures December to January and is a reddish three-lobed capsule that contains two or three seeds surrounded by a red aril. Germination from fresh seed is reliable and relatively fast. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
The timber of Synoum is used in local construction as sawn timber for general house framing, flooring, mouldings and joinery. It is also used for furniture, shop and office fixtures, panelling, turnery, carving, as structural plywood, scaffold planks, wood wool, paper products, particleboard, and medium density fibreboard.
Gallery
Image:Synoum - bark.jpg|Bark on a large Synoum tree Image:Synoum flower buds.JPG|Synoum flower buds Image:Synoum - flowers.jpg|Synoum flowers
Image:Synoum - fruit.JPG|Synoum fruit Image:Synoum - large tree base Chatswood west.jpg|Base of a 15 m Synoum Image:Synoum - juvenile foliage.jpg|Synoum - juvenile foliage
References
References
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- (1975). "A Generic Monograph of the Meliaceae". Blumea.
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