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Xylocarpus

Genus of flowering plants

Genus of flowering plants

Xylocarpus is a genus of plants in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It contains 3 described species, all of which are mangroves. The native range of the genus is the coasts of the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia and the western Pacific Ocean. It is the only mangrove genus in Meliaceae.

Description

Members of this genus are semi-evergreen trees that grow on coastlines. They have compound leaves with usually between 2 and 4 pairs of entire leaflets. The inflorescences are produced from the , flowers have a 4-lobed , four petals and eight stamens. The fruit are large, almost spherical capsules that contain up to 20 irregularly shaped seeds. The fruit hangs from the branch on its long peduncle before dehiscing and releasing the seeds.

Taxonomy

The genus was erected by the botanist Johann Gerhard König in order to accommodate his newly-described species X. granatum. The name is derived from the Greek words xylon, meaning wood, and carpon, meaning fruit, and is a reference to the large woody fruit. The size and shape of the fruit also give rise the common name "cannonball mangrove".

Species

ImageScientific nameDistribution
[[File:Xylocarpus granatum.jpg120px]]*Xylocarpus granatum* J.KoenigKenya, Tanzania and Mozambique to India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
[[File:Xyloc moluc 191103-2935 skd.jpg120px]]*Xylocarpus moluccensis* (Lam.) M.Roem.Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh through Mainland Southeast Asia and Malesia to tropical Australia.
[[File:Xylocarpus-rumphii-ALA-1.jpg120px]]*Xylocarpus rumphii* (Kostel.) Mabb.Madagascar, southeast Asia, Queensland, southwestern Pacific.

References

References

  1. (2023). "''Xylocarpus'' J.Koenig". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
  2. (2015). "Taxonomy and distribution of little known species of the genus ''Xylocarpus'' (Meliaceae) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India". Botanica Marina.
  3. (2024). "''Xylocarpus'' J.Koenig".
  4. (2024). "''Xylocarpus''". [[Australian Biological Resources Study]], Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra.
  5. (1995). "Flora Malesiana. Series I, Spermatophyta". Noordhoff-Kolff.
  6. (2022). "''Xylocarpus granatum''". [[Australian Biological Resources Study]], Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra.
  7. (2022). "''Xylocarpus moluccensis''". [[Australian Biological Resources Study]], Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra.
  8. (2022). "''Xylocarpus rumphii''". [[Australian Biological Resources Study]], Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra.
  9. (2024). "''Xylocarpus granatum'' J.Koenig". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
  10. (2024). "''Xylocarpus moluccensis'' (Lam.) M.Roem.". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
  11. (2024). "''Xylocarpus rumphii'' (Kostel.) Mabb.". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
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