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Chisocheton
Sign in to saveChisocheton 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilyMeliaceae
General: Chisocheton is known throughout mainland New Guinea
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,400
- With media
- 1,136
- Family
- Meliaceae
- Collections
- A
- Recorded in
- Malaysia/Sabah, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia/Sarawak
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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.
==Description== Chisocheton is typically dioecious. Flowers are usually unisexual, rarely bisexual, with a cup-shaped calyx. Fruits are one or two-seeded. Chisocheton habitats are rain forests, typically understorey trees, from sea-level to about elevation.
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