Meliaceae genera

genus of plants

Swietenia is a genus of trees in the chinaberry family, Meliaceae. It occurs natively in the Neotropics, from southern Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America south to Bolivia. The genus is named for Dutch-Austrian physician Gerard van Swieten (1700–1772). The wood of Swietenia trees is known as mahogany.

Cedrela is a genus of several species in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. They are evergreen or dry-season deciduous trees with pinnate leaves, native to the tropical and subtropical New World, from southern Mexico south to northern Argentina.

genus of plants in the family Meliaceae

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Azadirachta is a genus of two species of trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae. Numerous species have been proposed for the genus but only two are currently recognized, Azadirachta excelsa and the economically important tree Azadirachta indica, the neem tree, from which neem oil is extracted. Both species are native to the Indomalaysian region, and A. indica is also widely cultivated and naturalized outside its native range.

Toona, commonly known as red cedar, toon (also spelled tun) or toona, tooni (in Nepal and India) is a genus in the mahogany family, Meliaceae, native from Afghanistan south to India, and east to North Korea, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. In older texts, the genus was often incorporated within a wider circumscription of the related genus Cedrela, but that genus is now restricted to species from the Americas.

Khaya is a genus of five tree species in the mahogany family Meliaceae. The timber of Khaya is called African mahogany, and is valued as a substitute to American mahogany (of the genus Swietenia).

Chukrasia tabularis, the Indian mahogany, is a deciduous, tropical forest tree species in the Mahogany Family (Meliaceae). It is native to the Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. Also introduced to many western countries such as Cameroon, Costa Rica, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, South Africa, and United States.

Turraea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, native to the Old World tropics and subtropics.

Xylocarpus is a genus of plants in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It contains 3 described species, all of which are mangroves. The native range of the genus is the coasts of the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia and the western Pacific Ocean. It is the only mangrove genus in Meliaceae.

Dysoxylum is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Australia. The name Dysoxylum derives from the Greek word ‘Dys’ meaning "bad" referring to "ill-smelling" and ‘Xylon’ meaning "wood".

Aphanamixis is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, native to Asia.

Lansium is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, containing at least three species. 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.

Trichilia is a flowering plant genus in the mahogany family. These plants are particularly diverse in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America.

Lovoa is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae. It contains the following species: Lovoa swynnertonii Baker f. Lovoa trichilioides Harms

Carapa is a genus of flowering plants in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. These are trees up to 30 meters tall occurring in tropical South America, Central America, and Africa. Common names include andiroba and crabwood.

Guarea is a genus of evergreen trees or shrubs in the family Meliaceae, native to tropical Africa and Central and South America. At their largest, they are large trees 20–45 m tall, with a trunk over 1 m diameter, often buttressed at the base. The leaves are pinnate, with 4–6 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet present. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. The flowers are produced in loose inflorescences, each flower small, with 4–5 yellowish petals. The fruit is a four or five-valved capsule, containing several seeds, each surrounded by a yellow-orange fles

Sandoricum is an Asian genus of plants in the family Meliaceae. It contains the economically significant santol fruit tree.

Synoum is a monotypic genus of evergreen tree belonging to the family Meliaceae. It is endemic to Australia where it is found along the eastern sub-tropical to tropical coast, usually on the margins of rainforests, in Queensland and New South Wales.

Heckeldora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. They are shrubs or small trees with odd-pinnate leaves. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.

Ekebergia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. They are dioecious trees or shrubs, with odd-pinnate leaves.

Chisocheton is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek ' and ' meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of C. patens. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Malesia and south to New South Wales and Vanuatu.

Walsura is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae.

Neobeguea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.

Astrotrichilia is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae.

Ruagea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes nine species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Guatemala to Venezuela and Bolivia. Most species are small or medium-sized trees native to montane rain forest and cloud forest in the Andes and Central American mountains, while Ruagea glabra and R. insignis also grow in lowland rain forests.

Munronia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. Its native distribution is tropical and subtropical Asia.

Humbertioturraea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.

Lepidotrichilia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.

Naregamia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. The only species is Naregamia alata.

Reinwardtiodendron is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, described by Sijfert Hendrik Koorders and found in south-east Asia. The type species is: R. celebicum Koord.

Pterorhachis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.

Malleastrum is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae containing 21 species native to Madagascar, Comoros and Aldabra.

Vavaea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae.

Capuronianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.

genus of plants, mainly trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae

Leplaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.

Turraeanthus is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae. They are dioecious trees or treelets, with pinnate leaves. It contains the following species: Turraeanthus africana (Welw. ex C.DC.) Pellegr. Turraeanthus longipes Baill. Turraeanthus mannii Baill.

Calodecaryia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.

thumb|left|Nymania capensis sprig, showing flowers, fascicled leaves and an unripe fruit capsule, still red left|thumb|Nymania capensis in fruit

Anthocarapa is a monotypic genus of tree in the family Meliaceae. The natural range of the one accepted species extends from eastern Malesia, Australia to the western Pacific Ocean.

Heynea is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. Their range is in East and Southeast Asia.

Cipadessa is a genus of plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. Cipadessa is monotypic, with the single species Cipadessa baccifera. The species is endemic to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. It is a host plant for many moth species.

Pseudobersama is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. The only species is Pseudobersama mossambicensis.

Schmardaea is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. It solely comprises the species Schmardaea microphylla.

Cabralea is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. It has one species, Cabralea canjerana. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.

Didymocheton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes 41 species which range from eastern India through Indochina and southern China to Malesia, Papuasia, eastern Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific.

Sphaerosacme is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Meliaceae. The sole species is Sphaerosacme decandra, a dioecious tree with odd-pinnate leaves. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. Its distribution includes: Nepal, North Andamans, Bhutan, India (West Bengal, Darjeeling, Sikkim) and Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin).

Pseudocarapa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes five species which range from Sri Lanka to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and New Guinea.

Pseudocedrela is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. The only species is Pseudocedrela kotschyi. It is known as hard cedar-mahogany and Dry-zone cedar. It is a source of timber, shade, firewood, chewing stick, arrow/fish poison and has several uses in veterinary and traditional African medicine.