| Didymeles | |
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| Labels: ae = pistillate (carpellate, "female") flower, natural size; f = fruit, natural size; k = seed, natural size; ad = staminate ("male") flower, natural size; D = stamens, enlarged | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Buxales |
| Family: | Buxaceae |
| Genus: | Didymeles Thouars |
| Species | |
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Didymeles integrifolia J.St.-Hil. | |
Didymeles is a genus of flowering plants. It is variously treated as the only genus of the family Didymelaceae — or in the family Buxaceae, as in the APG IV system.
The genus Didymeles is restricted to Madagascar and the Comoros. In Madagascar, the two species are found in humid montane habitats, up to 1,500 m, in two disconnected areas in the north-east and south-east of the island.[1] Fossils assignable to this genus have been found in New Zealand,[2] suggesting a much wider distribution in the past.
The conservation status of D. integrifolia has been assessed as of "least concern".[1]