Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum
| Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum | |
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| Ivory mahogany near Lacey Creek, Queensland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Genus: | Dysoxylum |
| Species: | D. gaudichaudianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum Hyland, 1983
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Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae; its common name is ivory mahogany.[1] "Igyo" is its native name in the Philippines.
Taxonomy[]
Named for French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré; also named D. decandrum.
Description[]
Large tree of the Mahogany family, up to 36 metres (118 ft) in height; notable for large compound leaves with conspicuous uneven bases, which tend to radiate into spherical clumps.
Distribution and habitat[]
Occurs in Malesia, Christmas Island, Australia from the Cape York Peninsula to the Mary River, South East Queensland, and islands of the South-West Pacific, in lowland rainforest to 300m abl. It is also found in the Philippines.
References[]
- ^ Cooper, Wendy. "Fruits of the Australian tropical rainforest" (2004): 268.
External links[]
- F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- "Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum (A.Juss.) Miq". Atlas of Living Australia.
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