Madhuca

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Madhuca
Madhuca pasquieri
Scientific classification Edit 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]
  • Bassia J.Koenig ex L. 1771, illegitimate homonym not Bassia All. 1766. (Amaranthaceae)
  • Aesandra Pierre
  • Azaola Blanco
  • Kakosmanthus Hassk.
  • Cacosmanthus Miq.
  • Dasyaulus Thwaites
  • Aesandra Pierre ex L.Planch.
  • Illipe F.Muell.
  • Vidoricum Rumph. ex Kuntze
  • Ganua Pierre ex Dubard
  • Dasillipe Dubard

Madhuca is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1791.[3][4][5]

Madhuca is native to south, east, and southeast Asia and Papuasia (from India to China to New Guinea).[2][6]

Species[edit]

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

References[edit]

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