Calophyllum inophyllum

Calophyllum inophyllum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Calophyllaceae
Genus: Calophyllum
Species:
C. inophyllum
Binomial name
Calophyllum inophyllum
Synonyms[3]
List
    • Balsamaria inophyllum Lour.
    • Calophyllum apetalum Blanco
    • Calophyllum bintagor Roxb.
    • Calophyllum blumei Wight
    • Calophyllum ovatifolium Noronha
    • Calophyllum wakamatsui Kaneh.

Calophyllum inophyllum is a large evergreen plant, commonly called tamanu, oil-nut, mastwood, beach calophyllum or beautyleaf.[2] It is native to the Old World Tropics, from Africa through Asia to Australia and Polynesia. Due to its importance as a source of timber for the traditional shipbuilding of large outrigger ships, it has been spread in prehistoric times by the migrations of the Austronesian peoples to the islands of Oceania and Madagascar, along with other members of the genus Calophyllum. It has since been naturalized in regions of the East African coast.[4] It is also a source of the culturally important tamanu oil.

  1. ^ Barstow, M. (2019). "Calophyllum inophyllum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T33196A67775081. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T33196A67775081.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b  Calophyllum inophyllum was first described and published in Species Plantarum 1:513. 1753. "Calophyllum inophyllum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Calophyllum inophyllum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. ^ Damon, Frederick H. (2016). "A Story of Calophyllum: From Ecological to Social Facts". Trees, Knots, and Outriggers: Environmental Knowledge in the Northeast Kula Ring. Berghahn Books. pp. 180–246. ISBN 9781785332333.