Lansium | |
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Lansium domesticum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Meliaceae |
Subfamily: | Melioideae |
Genus: | Lansium Corrêa |
Species | |
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Lansium is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, containing at least three species.[1] The species Lansium domesticum is a tropical fruit-bearing tree that is cultivated in tropical Southeast Asia, and on a much smaller scale elsewhere in the tropics. Other previously named species are now placed in the genera Aglaia, Epicharis and Reinwardtiodendron.