Xylocarpus | |
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Xylocarpus fruit in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Meliaceae |
Subfamily: | Cedreloideae |
Genus: | Xylocarpus J.Koenig[1] |
Type species | |
Xylocarpus granatum | |
Species | |
See text | |
Map of distribution of all species |
Xylocarpus is a genus of plants in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It contains 3 described species, all of which are mangroves.[1][2] The native range of the genus is the coasts of the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia and the western Pacific Ocean.[3] It is the only mangrove genus in Meliaceae.[citation needed]