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Acrocarpus
Sign in to saveAcrocarpus is a genus of trees in the legume family, Fabaceae. It comprises one species, Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, the pink cedar, a large deciduous emergent tree native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand. Its also known as Balangi or Kurungatti in India.
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It is catalogued under topics including Caesalpinioideae, Monotypic Fabaceae genera and Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Pink Cedar
KINGDOM
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumRhodophyta
- ClassFlorideophyceae
- OrderGelidiales
- FamilyGelidiaceae
General: ), the Acrocarpus group (monogeneric), the Sclerolobium group (3 genera
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 51
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- PH, NY
- Recorded in
- United States, Indonesia, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Acrocarpus fraxinifolius at Riomweri Village in Keumbu, Kenya.jpg
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- Acrocarpus
- taxon name
- Acrocarpus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Acrocarpus
- taxon common name
- 顶果树属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Acrocarpus is a genus of trees in the legume family, Fabaceae. It comprises one species, Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, the pink cedar, a large deciduous emergent tree native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand. Its also known as Balangi or Kurungatti in India.
== Uses == The species has been identified as one of the food plants of the endangered lion-tailed macaque during periods of fruit scarcity.
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