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Potoxylon
Sign in to savePotoxylon is a monotypic genus of evergreen trees belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. Its only species, Potoxylon melagangai, is endemic to Borneo.
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It sits within the topics Endemic flora of Borneo, Flora of the Borneo lowland rain forests and IUCN Red List least concern species.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Potoxylon is a monotypic genus of evergreen trees belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. Its only species, Potoxylon melagangai, is endemic to Borneo.
==Description== Potoxylon melagangai is an evergreen tree which grows up to 25 metres tall. It has gray bark. Leaves are alternate, simple, leathery, with entire margins and pinnate venation. The inflorescences are grouped in axillary spikes. The flowers are bisexual and actinomorphic with six tepals in two whorls, 9 stamens in three whorls, the ovary superior and unilocular. The fruit, a berry-like drupe, is ellipsoid and dispersed by birds.
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