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- Meliaceae is a family of dicotyledonous plants in order Sapindales, most of which have spirally pinnate leaves. The family includes about 50 genera and 550 species, with a pantropical distribution; one genus (Toona) extends north into temperate China and south into southeast Australia, and another (Melia) nearly as far north.
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Meliaceae, the mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs (and a few herbaceous plants, mangroves) in the order Sapindales. They are characterised by alternate, usually pinnate leaves without stipules , and by syncarpous, [2] apparently bisexual (but actually mostly cryptically unisexual) flowers borne in panicles ...
- Meliaceae, Juss.
- Sapindales
Juss. Genera. See text. Meliaceae is a family of dicotyledonous plants in order Sapindales, most of which have spirally pinnate leaves. The family includes about 50 genera and 550 species, with a pantropical distribution; one genus ( Toona) extends north into temperate China and south into southeast Australia, and another ( Melia) nearly as far ...
- Meliaceae, Juss.
- Sapindales
Meliaceae, the mahogany family of flowering plants (order Sapindales), comprising 51 genera and about 575 species of trees and (rarely) shrubs, native to tropical and subtropical regions. Most members of the family have large compound leaves, with the leaflets arranged in the form of a feather, and.
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Swietenia macrophylla, commonly known as mahogany, Honduran mahogany, Honduras mahogany, or big-leaf mahogany is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is one of three species that yields genuine mahogany timber ( Swietenia ), the others being Swietenia mahagoni and Swietenia humilis .
About the Meliaceae Family. Meliaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs, found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. The family includes approximately 600 species, distributed across 50 genera. Meliaceae is known for its many uses, including medicinal and industrial applications.
Meliaceae. Mahogany ( Swietenia mahagoni ). Many tropical species of the family Meliaceae are important timber trees. The best known, Swietenia mahagoni ( West Indian mahogany ), is one of the world’s most valuable woods. Swietenia macrophylla (Honduras mahogany), from Mexico to Bolivia, is also well known.
Melia azedarach, commonly known as the chinaberry tree, pride of India, bead-tree, Cape lilac, syringa berrytree, Persian lilac, Indian lilac, or white cedar, is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family, Meliaceae, that is native to Indomalaya and Australasia.