Hydnocarpus
Sign in to saveHydnocarpus is a genus of medium to large trees in the family Achariaceae; the genus was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae. Species have been recorded from Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 35 inbound references to Hydnocarpus, and connects out to Hydnocarpus pentandrus, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Vinony files it under Achariaceae genera, Dioecious plants and Flora of the Indomalayan realm.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyAchariaceae
Common Name: kepayang
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 782
- With media
- 619
- Family
- Achariaceae
- Collections
- NY, A
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia/Sabah, Malaysia/Sarawak, Laos, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Achariaceae
- Image
- Hydnocarpus pentandra leaves.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hydnocarpus
- topic's main category
- Category:Hydnocarpus
- taxon name
- Hydnocarpus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 大风子属
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Species
- References
- External links
Hydnocarpus is a genus of medium to large trees in the family Achariaceae; the genus was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae. Species have been recorded from Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
==Characteristics== Hydnocarpus has alternate leaves, small dioecious racemose flowers, and capsules of which several are sources of chaulmoogra oil and hydnocarpus oil. A species of Hydnocarpus is thought to host to the Peacock mite Tuckerella filipina.
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