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Koompassia

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Koompassia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species with range across southeast Asia, from Thailand to New Guinea. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae. They are tall tropical forest trees; K. excelsa is one of the tallest tree species in the tropics.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFabales
  5. FamilyFabaceae
Native toBorneo, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand
Observations recorded1,297

General: Koompassia species are large trees with alternate leaflets

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
25
With media
24
Family
Fabaceae
Collections
A, GH, MNHN
Recorded in
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Dialioideae
Image
Koompassia malaccensis (3332167523).jpg
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Commons category
Koompassia
taxon name
Koompassia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Koompassia
taxon common name
凤眼木属
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Encyclopedic overview

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Koompassia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species with range across southeast Asia, from Thailand to New Guinea. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae. They are tall tropical forest trees; K. excelsa is one of the tallest tree species in the tropics.

==Species== Plants of the World Online includes: Koompassia excelsa – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Philippines Koompassia grandiflora – New Guinea Koompassia malaccensis – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Koompassia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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